419 scam: "Mr. Michael Martins"<maryadams1@o2.pl> Re: Attention. Attention.

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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: "Mr. Michael Martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revmartins00@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:13:44 -0700
Subject: Re: Attention. Attention.

Re: Attention.

This is to notify you that your long and over due approved payment has been gazetted to be released this week via key tested wire transfer (ktt )-direct wire transfer to you but, a woman in the person of Mrs. Glen Thompson came to my office few days ago with a letter, claiming that she is your next of kin whom you authorised to receive the fund on your behalf. Based on this information, it is pertinent that you confirm this details below as we are ready to release the fund as soon as we hear from you.

Name: Mrs. Glen Thompson
Bank name: Citi bank,york.
Account number: 8503809427.
New York, USA.

Please, do reconfirm this report within 24 hours of receiving this notification. This is as a matter of urgency so that we will be rest assured that this woman is really from you to avoid wrongful transfer of funds. If we do not hear from you within 24hrs, it will then be considered that the woman is really your next of kin.

If there is any objection, kindly get back to us by sending to us your direct Mobile telephone number for easy communication and confirmation. I am ready to assit you if you are honest to me, therefore get back to me a.s.a.p.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Michael Martins.
Director of Bills and Exchange Control Unit.

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