419 scam: "Mr. Mercy Philip" <"wwww."@abelia.ocn.ne.jp> Read carefully,

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mercy Philip" <"wwww."@abelia.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Mercy Philip" <uba.bank116@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2017 18:50:16 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Read carefully,

Read carefully,

The International Monetary Fund IMF is compensating all the scam victims 950,000.00USD each, and your email address was found in the scam victim's list. This UBA Bank has been mandated by the IMF to transfer your compensation to you via Telegraphic Wire Transfer.

Therefore contact UBA with your banking information, such as,

Bank name:-________
Account name:-__________
Account number:-____________
Swift code:-_____________

Note that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72 hours if we do not hear from you, this is the instruction by the IMF.

Thanks,
Mr. Mercy Philip

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