419 scam: Michael Speilberg <vagner@interprov.com.br> Contact me for details

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Michael Speilberg <vagner@interprov.com.br>
Reply-To: <mi74berg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 02:37:00 +0200
Subject: Contact me for details

--
Florida Department of Financial Services.
Bureau of Unclaimed Property.
200 East Gaines Street.
Tallahassee, Florida

Good Day,

My Name is Michael Speilberg and I work for the National Association of
Unclaimed Property .I found that You have an unclaimed sum of money
that
was
suppose to be remitted to your account ,but due to some unforeseen
circumstance, the money as not been remitted to you.That is why I took
it
upon myself to get in touch with you.

Currently, states, federal agencies and other organizations
collectively
hold more than $58 billion in unclaimed cash and benefits, which come
from
a
variety of sources, including abandoned bank accounts and stock
holdings,
unclaimed life insurance payouts and forgotten pension benefits
seizures of
third party benefit, illegal financial transactions etc. It was however
ascertain that you were supposed to receive a sum of $7.3 million
dollars
beneficiary,kindly email this office for claims:

For more info please read:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/24/pf/unclaimed-money/index.html

Regards,
Michael Speilberg

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