419 scam: "JOHN URBANSKI" <sabir@usaparel.com> Re:Private partnership

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "JOHN URBANSKI" <sabir@usaparel.com>
Reply-To: urbanskijhn01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:18:15 +0100
Subject: Re:Private partnership

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is John Urbanski from Poland. I work as a Forensic Auditor and Director International Remittance Department and also the Chief Auditor with a bank. I discovered US$8.5M that have been over invoiced from a contract during my auditing. The funds originated from Foreign Contract Award with foreign contractors who executed the contracts most of them have been fully paid. I discovered the funds from the Data Base System while auditing, nobody is aware of this development except you and I hence, I would need your partnership to recieve the funds as a foreign contractor who is yet to be paid.

I am expected to audit and to make sure that all outstanding payment to all foreign beneficiaries contractors receives their pending funds. I am seeking your assistance for you to stand as the foreign contractor/representative so that the funds will be release to you. If you are interested in receiving the funds as the foreign representative for our both sharing, I will like you to send to me the followings,

1. Your full name
2. Your address
3. Your Mobile telephone number
4. Your Occupation

The entire process shall be handled under a legitimate arrangement protecting you from any breach of the law, the above information is required to enable me secure the paperwork in your name representing the foreign contractor. As soon as I recieve your email, i shall send you more information regarding the entire process. Your swift resonse will be highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully,

John Urbanski

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