419 scam: Philip Mark Joe <Philipmark208@gmail.com> Confidential letter

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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.
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.
- +447031983161 (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.
- philipmark208@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- from dr.philip mark email:philipmark208@hotmail.com tel:+447031983161 compliments of the day, i am contacting you for a mutual beneficial (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Philip Mark Joe <Philipmark208@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Philipmark208@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:38:26 +0000
Subject: Confidential letter

From Dr.Philip Mark
email:Philipmark208@hotmail.com
tel:+447031983161

Compliments of the day, I am contacting you for a mutual beneficial
business with
believe you will not betray me at the end. I am Dr.Philip Mark;
Director of finance,
Ubs Investment Bank, here in England. During the recent auditing of
bank accounts and services of our bank; I discovered a non-resident
bank account
which have not been operated for a long time. After a discrete enquiry,
I found out that the owner of this account was an American Mr. Harry Newton,
a multi-millionaire business Mogul who died as Hurricane Katrina
washed away his
home completely in August 2005. Until now, nobody knows about his
bank account with
UBS Investment Bank and my further investigation proved that the
deceased immediate
family also died in the tragedy. This account holds GBP?17.1 Million
(Seventeen Million one Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) only.

I contact you as a foreigner; in order to arrange with you the
transfer of this money
out from the account, before our next auditing of bank accounts. If
the bank management
find out that this account has been latent for these long, it will be frozen
and the money will be returned to the bank treasury, as unclaimed
public funds.
Therefore I want you to stand as the "Foreign Beneficiary". I need your
full co-operation to make this transaction work out perfectly because the
bank management is ready to approve the immediate payment to whoever
that would
be presented as beneficiary to this money. A perfect transfer
strategy would be put
in place in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims.

With my positions and influence here; this money would be re-profiled to
your favour and transferred to any overseas bank account/s you will nominate,
but with an assurance from you that this money will remain safe in
your custody
pending my arrival to join you for securing my share. For your
involvement in this deal,
you will receive 40% of the total amount. Kindly consider this offer
immediately
and send me your information as follows;

1,Your Full Name,
2,your Contact Address,
3. your direct Mobile phone Number
4,your date of Birth.

Reply to my private email account: Philipmark@hotmail.com to start
re-profiling
of the fund to your name as the heir beneficiary. Feel free to call me for
further discussions and guidance on what is expected of you. I will count on
your sense of secrecy and confidentiality, in order to avoid risky exposure,
considering the sensitivity and magnitude of this project.

I am anxiously looking forward to your urgent response, so we can start off.

Best Regards,

Dr.Philip Mark
Director of finance Investment,
Ubs investment Bank.

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