419 scam: Edric Manfred <manfred@london.com> (no subject)

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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.
- edricmfred02@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Edric Manfred <manfred@london.com>
Reply-To: edricmfred02@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:06:46 +1100
Subject:

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Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am a staff of Halifax Bank London. I am writing on behalf of my
client following an Opportunity in my office that will be of immense
benefit to my client and us. My client's bank account with us “Halifax
Bank” has been frozen due to some diminutive investigation on my
client. My client is a very rich man, worth over $4 billion USD and
there are several other accounts known to only me and my client which
we want to transfer to an unknown account. We have agreed to give you
a non-negotiable 10%, of the total money transferred. Now, all we need
from you is to let us know if you are interested before we give you
more information. For more details please get in touch with me
urgently through E-mail: edricmfred02@hotmail.co.uk

Best regards
Edric Manfred.

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