419 scam: "Mrs.Mary Jones"<hkozleme@erdegrubu.com.tr> RE:TRANSFER OF $5.5 MILLION VIA E-BANKING.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Mary Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officialmail2013@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:33:23 -0700
Subject: RE:TRANSFER OF $5.5 MILLION VIA E-BANKING.

Gold Gate Finance

(International Banking Center)

1 Basinghall Avenue,

London, EC2V 5DD

RE:TRANSFER OF $5.5 MILLION VIA E-BANKING.

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

I wish to inform you that we have received instruction today from World Bank Groups Switzerland to credit $5.5 Million to you via Online banking,

Consequently your fund has been approved for immediate payment via Online Banking after Scrutiny.

Now follow below instruction to open an online account with us where you can transfer your fund by your self from your computer in your office or Home to any account of your choice world wide.

Click the link below Or Copy it past on another window and click.

http://online.goldgate.uni.me/register-onlinebnkn.php

When it open scrow down fill the onlie registration form and click creat account

After the opening we will lodge your fund into the account and forward to you the online account user name and password for you to start making transfer by your self after account activation.

Do let us know once you finish the registration.

Thanks,

MRS.MARY JONES.

REGIONAL BRANCH MANAGER

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