419 scam: "Mr. Ted Sheppe"<abel@marpnet.com.br> VITAL INFORMATION!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- atweebai@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ted Sheppe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atweebai@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 20:24:00 -0700
Subject: VITAL INFORMATION!

Dear friend,

Please kindly work with me in this transaction for you will not regret

it at all.

First of all, I contacted you for us to work in this transaction

because you are bearing the same last name identity with a deceased

customer of our bank, therefore I can present you as the true next of kin to his inheritance fund in our bank since myself as his account manager and his personal attorney has all his files in our disposal.

I therefore reckoned that you could receive these funds as you are qualified by your name identity. All the legal papers will be processed and

perfected to your name as the deceased true next of kin.

Please kindly get back to me for further details if you are interested

to work with in this beneficial transaction.

E-mail : atweebai@gmail.com

Mr. Ted Sheppe

Commercial Banking

Anti-fraud resources:

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