419 scam: "Miss Edna Turner." <user@ctsb.com.tw> Have Your Compensation Fund From Miss Edna Turner.

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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.
- +2347045894595 (Nigeria, 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.
- revjamesrobert811@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss Edna Turner." <user@ctsb.com.tw>
Reply-To: revjamesrobert811@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:43:38 -0500
Subject: Have Your Compensation Fund From Miss Edna Turner.

Greeting, I am Miss Edna Turner. The daughter to the cancer woman, Mrs=
. Agnes Turner. May her soul rest in perfect peace. My mother Mrs. Agnes Tu=
rner contacted you some time ago in respect to the funds transfer of her la=
te husband, to help her take care of me Edna Turner. Before my mother pas=
sed a way, she issued a bank draft to you for your help initially although =
you backed out thinking that the funds transfer was illegal. Well, everyt=
hing was legal and legit and went well through the assistance of a Japanese=
business man whos name is Mr. Haruki Kintarou, the funds transfer was succ=
essful through him. I am now with a new family in Kasugai Japan and am ve=
ry happy again in life. Because the new family I am staying with take me as=
they only daughter but being an orphan is so challenging but am happy. I=
n a way to appreciate her kind gesture, she dropped a bank draft of ($2,500=
,000.00) before her death in your name and instructed her personal Rev Fath=
er who was praying for us when she is alive. Rev James Robert to make sure =
you receive the total amount without any problem. This is her little way of=
saying thank you for your initial help. Contact Rev James Robert WITH YO=
UR FULL INFORMATION Full Name:............
Direct contact number:...........
your full delivery address:............
Your Occupation.......................
Sex and Age............................... Contact Name: Rev James Robert
Contact Phone Number +2347045894595
Email Address: revjamesrobert811@yahoo.fr Regards,
Miss Edna Turner.

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