419 scam: "Mrs.Deborah Jones"<info@iteamsports.com> HELLO MY FRIEND FOR THE LAST TIME ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???"

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- +2347087213321 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Deborah Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevekumar@rogers.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:18:20 +0100
Subject: HELLO MY FRIEND FOR THE LAST TIME ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE???

Hello My dear Friend,

A similar message like this has been sent to you concerning your credit payment file which has been again recently

reviewed. The man named Mr. Thompson has refused to stop saying that you are dead and that the person that

responded to us is not you. He said that no rightful or true owner of funds worth $1,000,000.00(One Million United

States Dollars) will play around or refuse to pay the needed fees to release his or her funds and so therefore that

he is right and stands on the fact that you are dead.

This has really caused us to right you ones again before taking our final decision about who we will pay this

money. A general review was been made which has caused the funds release fee to be reduced by the Government and

now either you or Mr. Thompson who claims to be your Beneficiary will only have to pay $190 USD for the paper work

which must be paid as soon as possible so that this funds can get to you as soon as possible via the authorised

bank.

So I am writing you to know if you are DEAD OR ALIVE, if you do not reply back before 48hrs we will have no other

alternative than to believe that you are dead according to Mr. Williams Thompson. And if you are truly still alive

and the real owner of this funds you should have no reason to delay concerning the payment of only $190 USD for the

paper work of your funds as stipulated by the Government. Because this is a fact that Mr. Williams Thomason has

pointed our attention to and has agreed to pay for since he claims to be the owner. if you refuse to get back to us

am afraid we shall give the fund transfer to him and collect the money from him that means that he is right that

you are dead or that the money is not truly yours and he is to claim the funds on your behalf.

Please if you are still alive and ready to claim your winning funds as the true owner and you are ready to pay the

needed paper work fee of $190 USD. , contact the agent incharge immediately using the below details ok:

Name: Mr. Steve Kumar
Email: stevekumar@rogers.com
Phone Number: +234-708-721-3321

( NOTE: AS YOU CONTACT THE PAYING OFFICER MR.Steve Kumar ASK HIM FOR THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO SEND THE ONLY

CHARGED FEE OF $190USD. DO NOT CONTACT HIM IF YOU ARE NOT READY TO PAY THE $190 USD FOR YOUR PAPER WORK OK. SO THAT

WE CAN JUST CONCLUDE THAT YOU ARE EITHER DEAD OR BETTER STILL NOT THE OWNER OF THE MONEY.)

Best regards,

Sincerely,
Mrs.Deborah Jones.
Fund Release Department
COMPENSATION AWARD AUTHORITY contact

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