419 scam: "Mr. John Williams" <interl.departm222@yahoo.com.ph> (no subject)

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Williams" <interl.departm222@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: interl.gregdesmond01@msn.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:00:28 +0800 (SGT)
Subject:

Attention Please,

I am Mr. John Williams, and I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund transferred. Now I want you to contact my secretary on his email address below and receive your compensation of $500.000.00 from him:

NAME: Dr. Greg Desmond

Tele: (+229)-64417742

EMAIL: interl.gregdesmond01@msn.com

Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:

Your Full name__

Your Address__

Your Country__

Sex__

Your Age_

Your Occupation__

Your Cell Phone number__

Your Passport or Id Attachement_____

Note that if you did not send him the above information complete, he will not release the Atm card to you because he has to be sure that it is you. Ask him to send you the total sum of ($500.000.00 )USD Atm Card , which I kept for you and beformed that the only fee you will pay is for the delivery charges is $75 only, so you have to contact Dr. Greg Desmond to direct you on how to get the fee accross to him.

Best regards,

Mr. John Williams

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