419 scam: sunpol@brain.net.pk Attn:Dear Friend,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- decisionalfred@sapo.pt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: sunpol@brain.net.pk
Reply-To: decisionalfred@sapo.pt
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 01:59:20 +0500 (PKT)
Subject: Attn:Dear Friend,

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Are you dead or alive?
Attn Honorable Beneficiary,

We hereby inform you that your compensation fund as one of the lucky beneficiaries has been
approved for immediate payment on your behalf and your representative , Mr. Charles O'Brien, who
claims to be your next of kin provided information on the bank account below:

Royal Bank of Scotland
Glasgow Branch
A / C: 0911667701590723
Code Swift: RBS0943SCT
Routing No : RBS000897423S
Recipient: O'Brien Industries Ltd.

To transfer that you died in a car accident last week, but we still decided to contact you anyway
for verification, but if we do not receive any reply from you within the next week , we will
assume this is true and we will have no other choice than to have the funds transferred to his
bank account above.

Fill in your full contact information below .

1. Name.....................
2. Complete residential address....................
3. Age....................
4. Status....................
5. State/Country.................
6. Tel/Fax....................
7. Company Name (if you own one)....................
8. Occupation....................
9. Specify your duty at work.....................
10. Name of your bank....................Full bank account details required
11. How long you have been with them....................
While waiting for an urgent answer from you to the contact e-mail address below;

Contact person : Mr Effortswill Reginald Goodridge (payment Director)

Regards
Mr Effortswill Reginald Goodridge
Email:decisionalfred@sapo.pt
Skype:reginald.goodridge
Tel: +22897442711
Lome Togo

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