419 scam: "Dr. RON Howard" <1.2.3.1@fftu.onmicrosoft.com> >>READ AND REPLY for more details.

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. RON Howard" <1.2.3.1@fftu.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <dr.ron.howard@acepobox.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 05:51:34 -0500
Subject: >>READ AND REPLY for more details.

Hello Friend,

I am contacting you again for a business contract offer from our company. Our company is incorporated in Canada, USA and Switzerland.

There are some pharmaceutical raw materials that i usually purchase on behalf of our company from India when i was the company's purchasing manager. Presently I have been promoted to Canada Regional Manager and our company will no longer send me to India to purchase the raw materials because of my new position.

However, the CEO of our company has mandated me to provide the supplier's contact information in India, but i'm yet to give him. I need a reliable business partner whom i shall present to our company's CEO as the supplier of these raw materials, to enable him to issue an official Purchase Order to the person's name, and also to allow the person to supply these raw materials to our company. This business contract is 100% risk free and i shall be advising you periodically on how to supply the raw materials to our company. The profit margin is lucrative, you and i will share the profit after each supply.

Respond for more details if you are capable to handle this business contract.

Regards,
Dr. Ron Howard

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