419 scam: NADIA PAXTON <nadia.paxton@techie.com> AVENUE OF TRUST!!!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million american 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)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: NADIA PAXTON <nadia.paxton@techie.com>
Reply-To: <nadia.paxton@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:10:33 +0000
Subject: AVENUE OF TRUST!!!

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Dear friend.

I am humbly writing this risk free message to you, regardless that we
have not known each other, I know that internet is a world where things
wrong happen to us with people that cannot be trustworthy. I also I know
that it is really hard to believe something like these, regardless that
we have not known each other, but I believe that this could be an avenue
to know each other as i am convince to write to you and Please may this
letter serve as a notice or a proposal to you.

I have to tell you a little things about myself, My names are Miss.
Nadia Paxton, Iâ€™m presently working with an international delivery
financial service company, as the head of department, Consignment and
Luggage Security unit here in England.

There was an amazing thing that happened in my office. For quiet
sometime now, I have been checking on a particular consignment under my
unit. Since 2007 to date, no one has come for the collection of this
consignment. I managed to open it, found out a huge sum of amount
Registered amount in the box which amounted 5.1 Million American
Dollars) after much consideration, I decide to keep it to myself.

The reason I contacted you know is the only way to take out this
consignment is to get someone who will stand for it and claim it as the
beneficiary. I know that life is all about risk, so I decide to take the
risk of contacting you, to stand and make the claim on this consignment
as the owner. You need not to worry, as I will be guiding you on the
procedures to follow, as to provide the relevant documents which will be
needed to claim the consignment from our office here.

I can assure you that this is a risk free deal, and I am 100% ready to
compensate you, if your co-operation is fully applied. Please if you
need more clarifications and ready to assist with the best of your
interest, kindly write me back, so we can get to know each other.

I shall wait for your response, so I could furnish you with more
details relating to my proposal. Till then, I remain my humble self.

Miss. Nadia Paxton

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