419 scam: Ben Murray Bruce <jerrygreen@alice.it> I want you to contact Anderson Chris

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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: Ben Murray Bruce <jerrygreen@alice.it>
Reply-To: andersonchris@qualityservice.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 03:26:42 +0100 (CET)
Subject: I want you to contact Anderson Chris

Good Day,

My names is Senator BEN Murray BRUCE, i am written to inform you that the
national Assemble under the new regimes of Africa Government has decided to
compensate you as one of scam victims who lost his/her fund in the hands of
AFRICAN internet scam artist, as matter of fact your bank draft worth sum of
$5.5 million U.S Dollar has arrived to the united states in the above address,I
want you to contact Anderson Chris, His Address USA is 768 forest Ridge Drive
Marietta Georgia 30067 (USA) with his email address
(andersonchris@qualityservice.com), He will tell you what to do and receive
your bank draft today or tomorrow because the package is already in Georgia
(USA).

Your Sincerely
Senator, Ben Murray Bruce

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