419 scam: "Mr. Andrew Tweedie"<andrewtweedie2010@gmail.com> Good Day

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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 next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024062839 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- andrewtweedie2010@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew Tweedie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrew.tweedie@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:17:31 +0530
Subject: Good Day

Mr.Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director, IMF
International Montary Fund Office.
Telephone:+44-702-406-2839
Email:andrewtweedie2010@gmail.com

Good day,

I found your name in the Central Computer among the list of unpaid (Contractors, Inheritance next of kin and lotto/ATM beneficiaries that was originated from American, Europe, Asia plus Middle east and Africans) among the list of individuals and companies that your unpaid fund has been located to the POST/ING BANK NETHERLANDS, Standard Chartered Bank, HSBC,Barclays Bank, Natwest Bank, Bank of America and CBN Plus ATM payment.

Your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of US$8 million and has been approved already for months. You are requested to get back to me for more direction and instruction on how to receive your fund.

However, we received an email from one Dr. Garry S. Mullen who told us that he is your next of kin and that you died in a car accident last week.

Dr. Garry S. Mullen account co-ordinate as follows:
Bank of Indonesia
A/c no: 890458984589
Routing No: bl 275-79665
Aba no: BL-ANAJFG-FL
Beneficiary: Dr Garry S. Mullen

Note that we are bound to recognize Dr Garry S. Mullen's claim, if you fail to promptly respond to this email following the Deed of Assignment he submitted authorizing him to claim this payment.

He has also submitted his account for us to transfer the fund to him.We want to hear from you before we can make the transfer to confirm if you are dead or not.

Once again, I apologize to you on behalf Of IMF (International Monetary Fund) http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/officers.htm failure to receive yourfunds in time, which according to records in the system had been long overdue. Pls reply through Director Finance Department Mr.Andrew Tweedie Email: andrewtweedie2010@gmail.com

Please call immediately #:+44-702-406-2839

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Andrew Tweedie
Director Finance Department
On behalf of Mr.Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Managing Director, IMF

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