419 scam: "From Mr. David Brown"<david@iolprovedor.com> Important Notice About Your Payment

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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:
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "(ecowas)" (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.
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.
- fred.martins1875@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Mr. David Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fred.martins1875@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 18:22:33 -0500
Subject: Important Notice About Your Payment

Attention Please,

We are hereby notifying you regarding your fund and payment approval, signed and released. In conjunction with the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU) and finally the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), you are hereby compensated and awarded sum of (US$5.5m) as a "Scam Victims Compensation Fund". Furthermore, you are advise to contact your Payment Agent, MR. FRED MARTINS for more details/information in order to claim and receive your payment worth's of (US$5.5m).

Below is MR. FRED MARTINS contact information,

Contact Person: MR. FRED MARTINS.
E-mail Address: fred.martins1875@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,

Mr. David Brown.
Head of UN Representatives.
African Region.

Anti-fraud resources:

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