419 scam: "Dr. Shaun Kathleen"<saless@vietnammarbles.com> Pending Fund from (FSCS)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "levy " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031929904 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- grifin.thomas@mail333.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Shaun Kathleen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grifin.thomas@mail333.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2015 04:41:25 -0500
Subject: Pending Fund from (FSCS)

Financial Services Compensation Scheme
10th Floor Beaufort House
15 St Botolph Street
London EC3A 7QU

Hello,

It has come to the notice of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme London, that the sum of US$3.2 Million has been credited in your name for telegraphic wire transfer to your operative bank account and is currently floating in the International Banking Financial Data Base as an unclaimed pending fund.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is an independent body, set up under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA), and funded by a levy on "authorised financial services firms".
The scheme covers deposits, on-hold foreign and local payment, unclaimed lottery winnings, inheritance payment, insurance policies, insurance brokering, investments, mortgages and mortgage arrangement.

We regulate the financial services industry in the UK. The FSCS is accountable to Treasury Ministers and through them to Parliament under the stipulated law of the government of Great Britain and other member countries of the United Nations, funds up to Certain amount that is floating in the International Banking Community Financial Data Base waiting to be transferred without claims for a period of 6 months or more shall be confiscated and forfeited. We do hereby ask you to contact the below assigned person who is in charge of your fund immediately for ratification of this notice or consider your fund confiscated.
To claim these fund, please contact us through the email below;
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Contact Person: Sir. Thomas Griffin
Contact Email: grifin.thomas@mail333.com
Office Tel: +447031929904
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You are required to immediately provide him with your country and complete personal information;
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Shaun Kathleen (Director)

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