419 scam: Peter Stevenson <pstevensonxazaw@outlook.com> From Peter Stevenson

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- +27785937074 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- kelvinedwardza2015@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter Stevenson <pstevensonxazaw@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <kelvinedwardza2015@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 15:28:08 +0000
Subject: From Peter Stevenson

>From Peter Stevenson

Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t
forget you’re past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those
funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in South Africa his name is Kelvin Edward

Email: kelvinedwardza2015@outlook.com
or kelvinedwardza2015@gmail.com

Telephone +27 785 937 074, Contact him and ask him to send you the total of $920.000.00.{Nine
Hundred And Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars} which I kept for your past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at
that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my Secretary Kelvin
Edward and instruct him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer
ness at that time. Do send to Kelvin Edward, your contact details.

Your Full
Names…...........................................

You’re
Address…..............................................

Cell Phone Number…........................................

Your
occupation................................................

Your
Age….....................................................

To enable him submit your details to my paying bank the
Ned Bank South Africa to wire your compensation money to your nominated bank account
or the can send to you an authorized bank atm master card to your address for
you to withdraw the money from any bank atm machine in your country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally,
remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to
receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Kelvin Edward he will
send the amount to you with out any delay.

Thanks and God bless you.

Peter Stevenson.

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