419 scam: "GILBERT"<smtp@find-foto.com> PLEASE CALL ANTHONY SANTOS???????????????????

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- anthonysantos0999@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "GILBERT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anthonysantos0999@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:31:53 +0100
Subject: PLEASE CALL ANTHONY SANTOS???????????????????

Sir,

How are you and your humble family today?. I'm happy to inform you about our success in getting
the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Australia.Presently I'm in Australia
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget you're past
efforts and attempts to assist us in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how that time.

Now contact my personal assistance, his name is MR.ANTHONY SANTOS and his email address is
( anthonysantos0999@yahoo.co.jp ) ask him to direct you on how you will receive the total amount of
five million five hundred thousand British pound(£5.5 million) which I kept for you in a security
company, as your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts in assisting us in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much and may God continue to reward your good gestures.
So feel free to get in touch with my personal assistance MR.ANTHONY SANTOS ,he will direct you on
how you will receive the fund from the security company by confirming to him your full name and
address for submission to the security company.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffering at
that time. In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner
and I are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my personal assistance on
your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with MR.ANTHONY SANTOS and he will direct
you on how to receive the fund from the security company. Note I have attempted to call you but all effort
failed and I had to send you an email on this email address, which I guesed belong to you.

With best regards

DR.GILBERT YOUNG

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