419 scam: "WILLIAM ROBERTSON" <clgary@hotmail.com> COMPENSATION

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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 "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- +447045726644 (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.
- mreeves072@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "WILLIAM ROBERTSON" <clgary@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: billrobb7@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:14:25 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: COMPENSATION

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund released and
transferred to Germany,under the cooperation of a new partner from
Paraguay.Presently I'm in Paraguay,planing how to invest my fund,he
assisted me to retrieve the money from the Bank,meanwhile,I didn't forget
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund
despite that it failed us somehow.

Now contact my secretary,Mr Martin Reeves,call him on TEL: +44 704 572
6644,or email him (mreeves072@gmail.com),Ask my secretary to send you the
total of usd$5m which I mapped for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.
Note that already I have written a draft worth of that value on your
name,I appreciated your efforts at that time,so feel free and get in touch
with my
secretary (Martin Reeves),and instruct him where to send the draft to you.
Please,do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings,and stress at that time,I am very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having
at hand.

William Robertson.

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