419 scam: "Dr.Tim Thomas"<ganderfile05@gmail.com> REVERT TO ME ASAP !!!

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Tim Thomas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ganderfie03@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:47:46 -0000
Subject: REVERT TO ME ASAP !!!

Attn: Please

I want to inform you that the International Remittance Director of the

Bank have offered to assist in the transfer of your long awaited fund

into your account on the condition that he will be compensated with

some Money as Legal Assistance Fee.

He promised to waive all the outstanding fees if you are willing to

comply with the above. However, based on his experience with people he

had helped in the past who failed to keep to their promises after the

fund had been confirmed in their account. He insist that you make

arrangement for the compensation at hand so that he will use his

influence to ensure that the fund is wired to your account and will be

place ON HOLD for 48 hours to enable you pay his compensation money

into the account he will provide.

He insists that if after 48 hours, he did not confirm the compensation

fee in the account that will be provided; he will recall your fund.

Therefore, I want to know if there is anyway, the Legal Assistance Fee

could be raised so that when your fund is confirmed in your account

and placed on HOLD, you will have to wire the compensation fee so that

he can release the Hold on your transferred fund. Of course if your

fund is placed on hold, it can only be confirmed in your account but

you can not withdraw fund from it that is why the compensation fee

should be arranged before hand so that you can meet up the 48 hours

given to you to release the Hold on the fund.

This is the biggest opportunity for you to conclude this

transaction.You have to keep this arrangement to yourself. You do not

have to discuss it with those impersonators to avoid implicating the

Minister.

Your swift response will be appreciated.

Have a nice day.

Regards,

Dr. Tim Thomas

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