419 scam: "Janet Briggs"<test@exchange.net> PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT (FINAL NOTIFICATION)

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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:
- "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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +447937646194
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.
- hageejohn0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Janet Briggs" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hageejohn0@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 07:00:03 -0800
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT (FINAL NOTIFICATION)

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mrs. Janet Briggs the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) EFCC in alliance with the Interpol and the European fund exchange commission with the head office here in the United Kingdom. We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam artists in Africa, UK and some other European countries with the help of the United States government and the united Nation.

We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of Africa and the United Kingdom and they are all in our custody here in the UK and we have been able to recover a lot of money from them. The United Nation Anti-Crime commission and the united state Government has ordered the money recovered from the scammers to be shared among 100 lucky victims around the global.

This email is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of their file and a computer hard disk. You are therefore being compensated with $4.5Million Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, lottery Agent, PayPal officials, Car buyers, Fraudulent dating who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such fund which does not exist.

We have arranged your payment through the European fund exchange commission and you are to contact the director of operations with the information below:

NAME: MR. JOHN HAGEE
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
EUROPEAN FUND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
Email: hageejohn0@gmail.com
TEL: +447937646194

So you are advice to contact the director of operations who would guide you through the completion of this transaction. Do bear in mind that if you do not take this transaction seriously we would have no choice but to terminate this transaction. This transaction would follow due process and it is being monitored to avoid proliferation of information.

Yours Sincerely,
Janet Briggs

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