419 scam: support@customersupport.fernandoshideaway.ca APPRECIATION.

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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.
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.
- kattymurad101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: support@customersupport.fernandoshideaway.ca
Reply-To: kattymurad101@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 15:34:43 -0500
Subject: APPRECIATION.

Hello Dear,

How are you? hope you are doing good? I'm sorry for intruding into
your privacy through this means because i thought you didn't receive my
previous message as this is second message to you.

I'm Jim Anderson, I previously contacted you long time ago regarding a
multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded because
you were unable to finance my proposal then.

Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very much for your
earlier assistance to help me in receiving the funds without any
positive outcome and also inform you that the business has been
concluded with the assistance of another partner from Russia who
financed the transaction to a logical conclusion.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed
during the course of the transaction despite the fact it didnt work out
as planned. I have decided to compensate you and show my gratitude to
you with the sum of Three Million, five Hundred thousand Dollars ( USD
$3,500.000.00 ).

However,please contact my Account Officer Mrs Katherine Murad on her
direct email address at kattymurad101@gmail.com for the collection of
your sealed ATM MASTER CARD. I instructed her to release the ATM Card to
you whenever you contact her in regard to it.

At the moment, I'm very busy with my partner on the investment project
which we have going on now. I'd like you to accept this token with good
faith for it is from my heart.

Please do not forget to let me know when you get the ATM card from her.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Jim Anderson.

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