419 scam: "DAVID MARK"<de.lind@verizon.net> Re Yours faithfully!!

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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: "DAVID MARK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidmark_senate-house_ng@live.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 03:36:51 -0800
Subject: Re Yours faithfully!!

FROM OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STBATTN:

Beneficiary ,We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President Goodluck Jonathan held a meeting last week concerning unpaid payment, allocation/compensation list of contractors, inheritance, Atm Card Beneficiary, next of kin and lotto beneficiaries that originated from Europe, Asia Plus Middle east and Americans, On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at
this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and to also ask that you put a stop to all communication with any office now and pay attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

You are now directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with your new Payment Reference No.-321009871, Allocation No: 6890132 ,Password No :AB911001, Pin Code No:01977 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No:ws0014433 ; Secret Code No: XXFGN013 stating that he should advice further on how to process and receive your funds immediately.

Reply to :davidmark_senate-house_ng@live.com,
Contact him to know what it will take for your funds to be processed for immediate transfer today.

Yours faithfully.

SENATE PRESIDENT
DAVID MARK
Federal Republic of Nigeria

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