419 scam: "CHARLES PETERS"<charlespeters00008@gmail.com> PLEASE ITS VERY URGENT

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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 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.
- charlespeters0008@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHARLES PETERS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charlespeters0008@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 17:49:31 +0100
Subject: PLEASE ITS VERY URGENT

Dear Sir,

There is a product my company needs from Dubai (U.A.E) but we are having problem from the
owner of the product due to language barrier.

Our company deals on costumes such as White Diamond Mixture and Green Diamond Mixture.

We have been purchasing the product from Dubai (U.A.E) but it is very scarce now and we got

information that somebody has THE PRODUCT IN STOCK in Dubai U.A.E.

We contacted the owner of the product through his telephone number but could not understand

his language as he speaks Arabic only, This is why we need a reliable company/individual

that will help us link with the man.

His name is Mr. Karim Ibrahim, Please if this proposal interests you, do get back to us for

modalities and we will also give you the telephone number of Karim Ibrahim for you to call

and confirm if he has the product we need, the price and the name of the product because the

one we want is White Diamond Mixture and Green Diamond Mixture, we use to buy from Saudi

Arabia before at the rate of $490 per gram and we need about 4kilos.

Assist us to know if the man has in stock up to 4Kilos and each gram that we are buying, we

are adding some commission for your assistance.

Please immediately you confirm reply only through my private email:

charlespeters0008@gmail.com so as to enable us arrange for our representative that will come

with to Dubai.

Sir, we are seriously in need of the product because of lack of materials in our company.

Once you confirm, we will be coming twice in a month. Please co-operate with us because this

is a life time transaction.

Regards,

Charles Peters
Email: charlespeters0008@gmail.com

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