419 scam: "Tarbo Nyete" <mr.tnyete@rediffmail.com> From the Desk of Edger Hoover/ Act As Urgent Now.

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Tarbo Nyete" <mr.tnyete@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: <mr.tarbo_nyete@live.co.za>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 12:47:08 +0200
Subject: From the Desk of Edger Hoover/ Act As Urgent Now.

Standard Bank Group Limited,
9th Floor, Standard Bank Centre
5 Simmons Street, P. O Box 7725
Johannesburg.
South Africa.

Attn,

We (Standard Bank Group Limited) have been delegated by the International Monetary Funds (IMF) in conjunction with the United Nations Financial Economic Commission (UNEFC) to pay 200 persons who were scammed by Nigerian 419 Artists/Perpetrators.
It was during the auditing process that your email address was discovered among the list of scammed victims and for this reason you are contacted through this very medium today.

Note that you have been allocated (Compensated) the sum of One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only ($1.7 MUSD ONLY).

Upon your receipt of this message, you are to forward the below listed information’s, for due process of your payment.

YOUR FULL NAME:............
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER:......
CONTACT ADDRESS:...........

I await your urgent response today

Yours Faithfully
Tarbo Nyete.

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