419 scam: "Mrs.Julia Brown"<tpd-ciechanow@neostrada.pl> Urgent Notification(Reply very Urgently)

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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:
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- dd_williams@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Julia Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <juliabrown134@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:47:34 +0200
Subject: Urgent Notification(Reply very Urgently)

Ref No:GS/121/USA/011

We are an independent United State Government owned financial consultant and management firm, known as Global Strategy, located in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. We deal with all International financial affairs, for the Government,private and public personals concerning unclaimed fund and assets, including stocks, bonds, dormant savings account, security deposits, inheritance and investments.

We have been appointed by the (IMF) International Monetary Fund and World Bank, to act on your behalf regarding a notification received from a Safe Deposit Security Company in South East Asia which specializes in holding funds for Banks, Companies, Private and public personals, Sweepstake Companies and other Financial Institutions.

According to our current records, we were informed by the (IMF) International Monetary Fund and World Bank that the Safe Deposit Security Company, is currently holding, for you, funds valued at Five Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($5,800,000.00). We have carried out necessary security protocols and verifications and can confirm that you are the true beneficiary and are eligible to receive the funds.

Due to International Law barriers, the Safe Deposit Security Company is not authorized to deal directly with you without seeking a qualified, United States Government own representative and accredited independent financial consultant to act on your behalf and to supervise the entire process. This is the main reason why we have been appointed to act on this issue and to assist you to receive your funds.

For your information, our service costs for consulting and management, will be paid by the Government Authorities, as we are a United States Government owned and accredited independent financial consultant.

We can assure you that we will give you all the necessary support you require to guarantee a positive result. You have been given 10days from the date on this letter to respond to us. Please, contact the below mentioned immediately for more information, this is the easiest way you can respond to us –

Contact Name: Mr.Donald Williams
Position: South East Asia Representative.
Email address: dd_williams@rocketmail.com
Direct Contact Phone:+60163132075

He will provide you with further information necessary once you have responded to this letter. We look forward to hearing from you. Please, do quote your reference number in all correspondence. Please,remember to keep this matter private and confidential to avoid breach of security and issue of double claiming and endeavor to provide the following for crosschecking:Is very important.

Your Full Name:
Your Full Contact Address:
Your Direct Contact Telephone Number/Fax Number:

Yours Sincerely
Mrs Julia Brown
Financial Director(GLOBAL STRATEGY)

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