419 scam: " Hallmarks"<info@billionmarketing.com> HELLO.

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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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045726061 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: " Hallmarks" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officework8@ukr.net>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:38:37 -0700
Subject: HELLO.

Greetings,

We are Diplomats that arrange for the safekeeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration with top firms and Governments of various countries as we have earned a name as service provider whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered.

International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction. A benefactor whose names are Engr ,Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money and stated clearly that you should only be contacted when the time signed for it to be in our care elapses, and the time has already elapsed that is why you are being contacted.

The funds totals $5.5M (Five Million, five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and of non-criminal origin and are available. The fund has been approved for transfer by our bank and is loaded in an ATM Premium Card. If you are interested and want to receive the fund, get back to us with an address where you may want the fund ATM Card sent to.

My client who is an Engr . work with shell Oil and Gas company here in London UK ,died as result of the Hurricane Katrina disaster of August, 2005.:FOR MORE INFOMATION VISIT THE WEB SITE BELOW:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HurricaneKatrina

Congratulations in advance.

Dr. Fred Good, (Head,Operations)
For Hallmark Security And Finance
Phone: +447045726061
London UK

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