419 scam: AGENT1@PRIVATE.CO.UK PLEASE ACCEPT THIS URGENT PROPOSAL

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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:
- "because it still remains the fastest medium of communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: AGENT1@PRIVATE.CO.UK
Reply-To: 2973065787@qq.com
Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 19:16:05 +0000
Subject: PLEASE ACCEPT THIS URGENT PROPOSAL

Abdul Aziz
Auditor General Office

Attn,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence.

Firstly I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties, In order to transfer out fifteen million two hundred thousand dollars, (US$15.200 000 00) from our bank
here, secondly the fund for transfers is of clean origin. The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was believed to have acquired the fund through his secret Crude Oil deals. The deceased
died with all the members of his family in an auto accident without a WILL. Again the amount involved is US$15,200,000.00.

I want to transfer this money into your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be sure that it is
real and a genuine business. I contact you believing that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account.

Let me hear from you.

Regards
Abdul Aziz

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