419 scam: "Mr. Arthur Gawn " <hubert.chretien@euphonynet.be> Re: This might interest you.!

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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. Arthur Gawn " <hubert.chretien@euphonynet.be>
Reply-To: arthurgwan@fosonmedical.com
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:09:17 +0100
Subject: Re: This might interest you.!

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Re:Hello..
My Name is Mr. Arthur Gawn a personal Accountant/Executive board of
Directors Working with Global Financials Trust PLC. it is with good
spirit
of heart i opened up this great opportunity to you a deceased client of
mine that shares almost the same name as yours died as a result of
heart-related condition on march 2005.His heart condition was duo to the
death of the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26
December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all lost their lives.

There is a draft account opened in the bank since 2004, this customer
was a
CEO/a textile company owner,business man,a miner at kruger mining
company
here in Royal Kingdom of Cambodia. I want to present you as a
beneficiary,I
will use my position and influence in our bank to make them release this
money to you for us to share.If i wait for days and i do not hear from
you,I shall look for another person.

Please Kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details if you
are interested in my proposal,

Yours sincerely
Mr. Arthur Gawn
Executive Board Member
Global Financials Trust PLC

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