419 scam: "Mrs Lariba A. Ozturk."<reply@cyberhostpro.com> Congratulations.

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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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Lariba A. Ozturk." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrslaribaozturk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:51:58 +0100
Subject: Congratulations.

Attention: Respectful client.

Hello,

Following the 2016 End of the year successful surplus budget and World bank loan granted to our country by the world bank loan agents, our government have cancelled all the taxes incurred from 2000 to June 2016, all clients under the financial obligations for contracts fund ,inheritance fund, lottery winners fund, henceforth has been canceled and adjudged and now eligible to benefit under the new credit facilities for us$2.5 Million Part payment.

You are therefore requested to send us your Full name,Address and your contact telephone number for immediate Enlistment and remittance of your fund into Polremit account for you to move to your local bank account. You are also advised to forward to us your banking account information your fund will be release into in order to avoid wrong transfer.

Congratulations.

Yours sincerely.

Mrs Lariba A. Ozturk.
(Director of Protocols )
Bank of America ,United States.

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