419 scam: Mark Thomson <gerencia@pharmeuropea.com.ni> Mail From Mark Thomson

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- writemarkthomsonesq@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mark Thomson <gerencia@pharmeuropea.com.ni>
Reply-To: writemarkthomsonesq@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:45:15 -0600
Subject: Mail From Mark Thomson

Hello,

My name is Mark Thomson, the Presiding Attorney with Atkins Thomson
Law Chamber, located in London, United Kingdom, also a Senior
consultant Attorney to Pharm Europea.

I have decided to contact you through this medium with a transaction proposal.
My late client Late Engr Claire C. Barrera (Member of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers) died August 2013 from cancer, she had a time
fixed deposit account with the bank which had no next of kin
declaration, the bank has notified my office last week to handle this
issue, because i was the legal representative to the deceased , an
intermediary between The Late Engineer and his Bank.

Therefore, I have contacted you today to partner with me to claim this
money from the fixed account. The amount is $5, 3 million
and the account is dormant for now.

I will appreciate if you could partner with me to claim this money, my
normal legal percentage ratio for a deal like this is normally 40% for
you and 40% for me and the balance of 20% will be used to pay off all
our expenses and make donations to charity organizations to help the
poor and refugees.

Please Bear in mind that this transaction is 100% risk free and safe.

Waiting for your kind/positive response.

Mark Thomson
Contact Me on My Private Mail Box : writemarkthomsonesq@hotmail.com

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