419 scam: "Capt. Steven Price"<INFO@vega.ocn.ne.jp> Your PRIVATE Letter Attached.

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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: "Capt. Steven Price" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cptstevenprice@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 16:09:59 -0800
Subject: Your PRIVATE Letter Attached.

This e-mail and any attachments thereto may contain confidential and proprietary information.
This e-mail is intended for the addressee only and should only be used by the addressee for the related purpose. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are requested to delete it immediately. Any disclosure, copying, distribution of or any action taken or omitted in reliance on this information is prohibited and may be unlawful.
The views expressed in this e-mail are, unless otherwise stated, those of the sender and not those of Tandem Lawn Industries (Pty) Limited or its management.
E-mails cannot be guaranteed to be secure or free of errors or viruses. No liability or responsibility is accepted for any interception, corruption, destruction, loss, late arrival or incompleteness of or tampering or interfering with any of the information contained in this e-mail or for its incorrect delivery or non-delivery or for its effect on any electronic device of the recipient.
Please note that all E-Mail within Tandem Lawn Industries (Pty) Limited is subject to continuous and ad hoc filtering, scrutiny and reporting. This also applies to incoming E-Mail.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam