419 scam: "MICHAEL JOSEPH LEYDEN"<micjose2012@hotmail.com> GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

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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: "MICHAEL JOSEPH LEYDEN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <internationalfund_reliefagency12@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:31:28 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

Attn: Victim,

INTERNATIONAL FUND RELIEF AGENCY(I.F.R.A)has commenced a compensation exercise to Victims of Flood,Earth Quake,hurricane,Bomb Blast and War across the globe as means of support

to affected victims for their normal livelihood.Included in the compensation exercise are victims of fraud that must have lost money in bid to make claim of their

Inheritance,Contract and Lottery sums world wide.

The Compensation Exercise was approved by the UN,COMMON WEALTH,IMF,and WORLD BANK bodies after series of consultations,reports and petitions to these bodies.
We therefore inform you,that your Name and email has been shortlisted among the beneficiaries of this exercise and that your payment will be made to you through our London UK

payment center.You are therefore required to contact I.F.R.A on receipt of this mail for your payment details.

Confirm the receipt of this mail by forwarding your Full Names, Address, Age,Sex,Occupation and Telephone numbers urgently to enable us gazzette your name is this months payment

list.

Thanks,

MICHAEL JOSEPH LEYDEN
HEAD OF AFFAIRS IFRA.

Anti-fraud resources:

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