419 scam: "Mr.Philippe Price" <philbent101@gmail.com> Good Day My Partner,

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "philippeprice@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Philippe Price" <philbent101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: philippeprice@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:01:50 -0800
Subject: Good Day My Partner,

*Good Day My Partner, *
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*Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via
E-mail. *
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*In my banking department we discovered an abandoned sum of 10,000,000.00$
[Ten Million Dollars Only) in an account that belongs to one of our Foreign
customers who unfortunately lost his life with his entire family on his way
to the Airport of Heathrow. *
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*Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next
of kin or relatives to come over and claim his funds because we cannot
release it unless somebody applies for it as Next of kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. *
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*We want you to come in as the Next Of Kin, all needed cooperation to make
the claims will be given to you by us. If you are interested kindly *
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*let us have the below information and I will give you more details. *
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*1. Full name *
*2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers. *
*3. Occupations and Nationality. *
*4. Date of Birth *
*5, Present Location *
*6.Home Address *
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*We are offering 30% of the total sum to you as our partner. *
*We will discuss much in details when I receive your response. *
*Thanks and good luck to us. *
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*Email:philippeprice@ymail.com*
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*Best regards, *
*Mr..Philippe Price.*

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