419 scam: "Michel Freeman" <michelfreeman@mf.com> Please Get In Touch

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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:
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Michel Freeman" <michelfreeman@mf.com>
Reply-To: michfreeman1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 06:53:56 -0500
Subject: Please Get In Touch

- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Sir,
There is some set of a very wealthy set of Russian Crude Oil Merchants based in Russia. Presently they are been prosecuted by the Russian Government over Fraud which of course I know they will be eventually go to Jail for a period of 15 years according to Russian Law, but the fortunate thing is that it was quick for them to have arranged the funds to move into a Trust Account in the U.K where one of my old friend is a signatory to and also due to my Diplomatic Position.
Now, that the funds are in the Trust, I will not want a situation whereby the Russian or British Government will start any questions, so you need to join me in this deal to move the funds from the Trust Account to your Account in any part of the world.
Do not worry about the security details, I will handle that aspect, and you should handle the trans-remittance. For this deal, I will consider to let you have your consideration. The Total Amount in this deal is One Hundred and Sixty Million U.S Dollars.Let us discuss more over the phone, not all details should be discussed on
email for security reasons. Please reply so we can proceed further asap.
Best regards
MR MICHEL FREEMAN

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