419 scam: "Philip Edric"<philipeedric@gmail.com> Re: Tried Calling you

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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: "Philip Edric" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <philipedric@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 05:20:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Tried Calling you

Good Day

I have tried calling you but no response on your phone. I have an outstanding deal to discuss with you as the agent would be in Belgium Next week and I was hoping if you could meet.

Send me a direct phone number to contact you.

Best Regards

Philip Edric

Procurement Manager

The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed.

If you are not the intended recipient, you are not entitled to read, copy, use or disclose any information contained in this message to others. Disclosure and / or use may lead to civil liability. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this e-mail and thereafter permanently deleting this message and any attachments to it.

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