419 scam: Colin Chris Wier <rdominguez@clc.cl> $ 1.5 million Dollars

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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)
- "million pounds" (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)
- "ind212@msn.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Colin Chris Wier <rdominguez@clc.cl>
Reply-To: <c-c01@foxmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:56:42 +0200
Subject: $ 1.5 million Dollars

This email is specially directed to you. First of all, I will start by introducing myself, I am Colin Chris Wier, I and my wife won a Jackpot Lottery of 161,653,000 Million Pounds in the ongoing Euro million Lottery held 12 July last year. Presently we are in South Africa to see one of our charity homes.

However, we voluntarily decided to donate the sum of $ 1.5 million Dollars to you as part of our New Year charity project to improve the lot of 5 unknown

Lucky individuals all over the world plus 10 close friends and family. If you have received this email then you are one of the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us your NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT NUM, AGE AND SEX. by email ind212@msn.com So that we can send your details to our Verification department in South Africa as we are presently in South Africa for Holidays.

You can verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18801698
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OopDopLsGNo

Get back to us so we give you further directives to the Team in charge of delivery of draft to you.

We await your earliest response and God Bless you.
Best of luck.
Colin Chris Wier
Confidencialidad:

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