419 scam: "Mr. Ryan Betcher"<rbetcher67632@gmail.com> Important Notice

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ryan Betcher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rbetcher783@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 07:16:43 -0500
Subject: Important Notice

Myrtle Beach International Airport
Address: 1100 Jetport Rd, Myrtle Beach,
SC 29577, United State

Good Day,

This letter is from the table of Mr. Ryan Betcher Myrtle Beach International Airport South Carolina USA, this is to inform you that We are checking over some files and packages in the office and we discovered a parcel containing ATM card which was addressed on your name, (which is Contract/Inheritances funds) I believe you can
remember a dealing that has to do with some cooperate body or individual about this said funds to be deliver to you through an (ATMcard) but I do not have any idea why it was on hold at our Airport up-to-date.

So we decided to contact the CIA and they asked us to get in contact with the Airport security, to get an approval to figure out what was in the package, After checking over the ATM card, we discovered a total sum of $5.5, 000.000 ($5.5 Million USD) through the router figurative machine who check on balance through the number on the ATM card, so we report back to the Airport security and we were asked to deliver the package to you from this office. We need you to reconfirm your full name and Home address to see if it will show on the package we have here. And also if you want your ATM card to be delivered to you immediately, it will cost you just only $390.00 which is the charges for security and delivering fee of this parcel, meanwhile your ATM card is save with our securities service so please have that in
mind. The information above is where the ATM card was stopped at Myrtle Beach International Airport South Carolina USA.

This email is not a scam message, we can deliver your ATM card today if we receive a reply from you, so for your own good you are advice to stop dealing with some impostors you are dealing with right now, and focus on getting your ATM card which is here in Myrtle Beach International Airport South Carolina USA.

Regards.

Mr. Ryan Betcher
Executive Director

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