419 scam: "Mr. Andrew Oliver" <mrandrewoliver63@gmail.com> HAPPY NEW YEAR.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "million united state dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- mrandrewoliver62@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew Oliver" <mrandrewoliver63@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrandrewoliver62@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:40:35 +0000
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR.

My Dear Friend,

With all due respect, my name is Mr. Andrew Oliver, Director in charge
of audit and account unit, foreign remittance dept, Cassa Finance Firm
here in the republic of Togo, in West Africa.

During our auditing and investigations in our bank, my department came
across a huge sum of money, Fourteen Million United State Dollars
(US$14,000,000) belonging to an American Business Man, who died in
unfortunate Air disaster alongside with his family/Next of Kin.

Please, I want to present you as our late client family member for
immediate release of the said amount into your own bank account and I
will guide and direct you on what next to do, for the release of the
money to you as the new beneficiary. I will give you more information
as soon as I hear back from you stating your position. Please, get
back to me directly to mrandrewoliver62@gmail.com for more details.

Thanks and God bless,
Your Friend and Partner,
Mr. Andrew Oliver.

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