419 scam: "MARK"<"www"@pure.ocn.ne.jp> Good Day Sir/Madam

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million us 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MARK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sen_davidmark1955@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:12:00 +0100
Subject: Good Day Sir/Madam

Dear Sir/Madam,

Good day to you over there, I am Senator David Mark a former senate President to Nigeria National Assembly, I hereby proposed this Investment to you for my personal Investment over there in your country in the US.

Meanwhile, I got your link toward your file that was submitted to me on your PENDING CONTRACT approval to Federal Government of Nigeria which we intend to approve and send to you over there in your country.

Although, I need your full assistance for my personal investment of $250 Million US Dollars which I want you to handle for me over there, with these I advise you to keep between you and me as secret not to expose it to anybody for my personal security reasons and also to avoid disclosing it to ANYBODY, I intend to invest this funds after our last ELECTION which we did in April 2015. Since then the new Government has been monitored all the Senators that is why I intending to invest the money in overseas.

I will be expecting your urgent reply so that it will enable me to give you more details on how the funds will get to you or to collect the funds from Global International Security Company in Asia.

Best Regards,

Senator David mark

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