419 scam: "MR.GORDON ANGUS"<gordonangus@y7mail.com> From Gordon Angus..

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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.GORDON ANGUS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrgordonangus@y7mail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:21:17 -0700
Subject: From Gordon Angus..

Hello, this letter might come as a surprise to you especially since we have never met or discuss before, basically the message might sound strange but it is factual in reality if only you care to know, The truth is that I should have notified you first through a more confidential means, (even if it's at least to respect your integrity) please accept my humble apologies if I Had caught you unawares, I frankly do not mean any harm in passing my message. I am a Project Manager United Nation Development Programme Asia pacific (UNDP) i am also principally concerned with contract appraisal and the approval of contract in order of priorities as regards capital projects of the (UNDP) here in Asia pacific. with my position as the director, I have successfully secured the sum of Twenty eight million five hundred thousand dollars (US$28.5M) the amount was accumulated from the over invoice. To this effect I decided to contact you and ask for your assistance, to enable us work together!
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I am willing to compensate you with 25% of the total amount upon successful conclusion of this transaction. Finally the confidence and trust reposed on you cannot be over emphasized, Therefore you are to keep this deal to yourself confidentially.Your reputation will be highly protected in this transaction.I shall be pleased to have a personal phone number where I can talk to you, While looking forward to a successful business relation ship with you.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.GORDON ANGUS

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