419 scam: "Peter Parker"<peterparkersq@inMail24.com> PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE Ownerde: NG/ .CCUF -HFCR-/RLPHJ/.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "attorneys " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- peterparker-esq@inmail24.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Parker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peterparker-esq@inMail24.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:58:14 +1100
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Peter Parker
Attorneys and Solicitors
68, Abbeville Rd,
Westminster SW1P 2LU,
London, United Kingdom

Attention: Beneficiary,
I am Barrister peter parker a business / corporate Lawyer and a private investigator to Halifax Bank London, I have been asked by my Client [Halifax Bank London] via its Board of Directors to contact you and find out if you are the one that instruct Mr John Rice to Claim your Inheritance of US$15,000,000 US Dollars kept in the custody of Halifax Bank, London, United Kingdom.

Following this development I decided to get in touch with you regarding your Inheritance which am so surprised you have not yet applied for till date yet it has been due for over a year now and Mr. John Rice is claiming it as your next of kin. If you did not send Mr. John Rice as your next of kin, for the speedy Processing and Transferring to you as the funds to you, you are required to immediately send the following details to me so that all necessary Documentations and Legalization will be done then you have access to the Funds for your own usage.

REQUIRED DETAILS GIVEN BELOW:
1. FULL NAMES.........................................
2. CURRENT ADDRESS................................
3. AGE...............
OCCUPATION..............................
4. TELEPHONE/FAX.................................(MOBILE NUMBER PREFERED)

Yours Faithfully
Barrister peter parker
Email:peterparker-esq@inMail24.com

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