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419 scam - the "hitman" scam

This type of advance fee fraud is an extortion scam. The criminal will claim he has been hired to assassinate the victim, but he's ready to abandon his contract if he receives a large payoff by the victim

In reality the scammer has no intention to come near the victim. All he wants is to extort money, which is usually to be sent via Western Union, a completely untraceable medium.

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The following emails are part of an Advance Fee Scam. See our "419" fraud FAQ for more information on such scams.

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Extortion format examples:

This is the initial extortion email:

From: Anthonio sprazza [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 2:01 PM
To: victimemail
Subject: GOOD DAY MR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME



Good day Mr Firstname Lastname ,

I want you to read this message very carefully, and keep the secret with you till further notice, You have no need of knowing who i am, where am from, till i make out a space for us to see, i have being paid $50,000.00 in advance to terminate you with some reasons listed to me by my employers, its one i believe you call a friend, i have followed you closely for one week and three days now and have seen that you are innocent of the accusation, Do not contact the police or F.B.I. or try to send a copy of this to them, because if you do i will know, and might be pushed to do what i have being paid to do, beside, this is the first time I turned out to be a betrayer in my job.

Now, listen, i will arrange for us to see face to face but before that i need the amount of $80,000.00 and you will have nothing to be afraid of. I will be coming to see you in your office or home determine where you wish we meet, do not set any camera to cover us or set up any tape to record our conversation, my employer is in my control now, You will need to pay $15,000.00 to the account i will provide for you, before we will set our first meeting, after you have make the first advance payment to the account, i will give you the tape that contains his request for me to terminate you, which will be enough evidence for you to take him to court (if you wish to), then the balance will be paid later.

You don't need my phone contact for now till am assured you are ready to comply good.

Lucky You

Next email:

From: Anthonio sprazza [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:47 PM
To: victimemail
Subject: GOOD DAY MR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME



Good day Mr Firstname Lastname ,

I want you to know that the maximum days of this mission will soon be end in 72hours time to this time which i want you to get back to me as soon as possible within the nearest hours.

I will provide you the account where this payment will be made in the next 12hours to this time.

Also want you to no that the payment will be made to me here via western union money transfer in my name.

I hope to hear from you as soon as possible as regards this message.

Good lucky.

Here are the payment instructions:

From: Anthonio sprazza [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:11 AM
To: victimemail
Subject: RE: GOOD DAY MR FIRSTNAME LASTNAME



Dear Mr Lastname
well in response to my last mail , i know you very well and as such i will carry out my job if there is any brigde of contract ,
firtsl i would want yu to make the said paymnet to my informations as proided below VIA WESTERN UNIONMONEY TRANSFER , i will demand a sum todat of $10,000 as an installmental paymnet to this name
Anthonio sprazza
Amount $10,000
LOCATION :FLORIDA
this amount must be paid within a 24hrs interval from the receipt oft this mail to enable me know am on line here and the payment slip should be scan to this email
sincerely yours
Anthonio sprazza

"robert brown" ([email protected])

I am Mr robert brown the only man seer from london living in usa I am a
murderer. i have been paid to kill you and your family by one of your
friend and the date has come . my colleagues has been in your state
right now keeping eye's on everysteps you make but on my searching about
your contact email information i find out that you are a wealthy person
, due to the love i have with your family, i decided to inform you
about it before going any forward with my boy's.

Do get back to me as soon as possible if you have anything to say
about this ,so that i will give all their informations.

i can only give you this email bcos, it is not to expose ok. reply to
this email below only

[email protected]


robert brown,
the seer, killer, saver and damager.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Message headers: 

Received: from [216.147.130.130] by web45408.mail.sp1.yahoo.com
 via HTTP; Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:47:51 PDT
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:47:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: robert brown <[email protected]>
Subject: i think you should be indoors for now untill you finish with me
 concerning how to be free.

Spyware blackmail scam ([email protected])

This looks like an Eastern European equivalent to the Nigerian hitman scam, using the threat of releasing information about visits to adult sites instead of a death threat to extort money:

Hello XXXXXXX,

Glad to inform you that four month ago your computer was infected our spyware, we had full access to your
computer during that time We have complete your adress book, all logins and passwords for "dirty sites" where
you registered. We had record form you webcam, incredible! Your hands may be better than hooker?
ok about deals, in 48 hours that video and screen shots will send to whole your contact group.
To prevent that funny actions and to delete spyware form you pc you can reach us by this e-mail:[email protected]
and you will get instructions what to do. We recommend you to write e-mail in 24 hours to avoid problems and maintenance and in this case we can guaranty that we will not send it to your friends.
This letter and further actions will be done automaticly via hi-tech software from china servers
Just write to e-mail: [email protected] and get instructions
so, back accounting start right now.
merry christmas

Second email:

Really, i don't have time to answer for all your questions and all your scream, sorry, only 24 hours in a day, in this time i have deal wiz 1000 transfers per day. If you indifferent to your future its ok, tomorrow you will be another human In this situation you have one choice that follow me, For stop this shit and to delete all YOUR files from my server you should send Western Union transfer to:



Amount: 350.00$

FIRST NAME: Dziamir

LAST NAME: Mirzayeu

Citi: Waszawa

Country: Poland



you can send this via Online Western Union transfers by phone, https://wumt.westernunion.com/asp/mtReceiver.asp

i need back from your full name, mtcn number and ill can check

status of transfer online (i mean sent u to not)



That's my last hustle and ill leave that business that's why i will not disturb you anymore.

$350 is not too much and i guess will be funny when your friends will see that. Shocker.

Don Bush ([email protected])

Dear Victimname,

How are you.

Am very sorry for you my friend, is a pity that this is how your life is going to end as soon as you don't comply.As you can see there is no need of introducing myself to you because I don't have any business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL/ASSASINATE you and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.

Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told me that he want you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and other necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact you and see if your life is Important to you or not since their findings shows that you are innocent.

I called my client back and ask him of you email address which I didn't tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using it to contact you now. As I am writing to you now my men are monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you.

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job straight-up.

WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELL ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW. REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY.

DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:30PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLIED WITH MY DEMANDS, THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION.

GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY

Regards

Don bush.

Message headers: 

Received: from [81.199.198.77] by web28406.mail.ukl.yahoo.com
 via HTTP; Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:13:19 GMT
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:13:19 +0000 (GMT)
From: Don Bush <[email protected]>
Subject: QUICKLY GET BACK TO ME IMMDIATELY......

[email protected]

Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: [SPAM] BE MORE CAREFUL






HELLO

I am very sorry for you Xxxxxx, is a pity that this is how your life is going to end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is no need of introducing myself to you because I don't have any business with you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to do it as I have already been paid for that.
Someone you call a friend wants you Dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told me that he wanted you dead and he provided us with your name ,picture and other necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact you and see if your life is Important to you or not since their findings shows that you are innocent.
I called my client back and ask him of your email address which I didn't tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using it to contact you now. As I am writing to you now my men are monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, $15,000 is all you need to spend You will first of all pay $8,000 then I will send a tape to you which i recoeded every discusion i hade with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you will pay the remaining $7,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job straight-up.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW.REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY EMAIL:[email protected]

[email protected]

Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:35:05 +0100
From: "George Mark" <[email protected]>
To: emailaddress
Subject: LIVE OR DIE?

LOOK HERE YOU BASTARD

LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE I DONT HAVE ANY BUSINESS WITH YOU, ALL AM AFTER
IS TO KILL YOU AND I WILL NOT HERITATE TO DO SO IF YOU DONT COMPLY IN
YOUR NEXT MAIL, LET ME INFORM YOU THE PERSON WHO PAID ME TO KILL YOU
IS ALREADY WAITING TO HEAR YOUR FUNERAL ANOUCEMENT. AM CONTACTING YOU
BECAUSE OF THE PITY I HAVE FOR YOUR FAMILY, MY BOYS ARE ALREADY AFTER
YOU FOR EVERY SHOPPING CENTER YOU VISIT HAS BEING MONITOR BY MY BOYS.

IF YOU THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE THEN YOUR LIFE WILL BE TAKING
BEOFRE THEN, LET ME INFORM YOU ALSO, DID YOU REMEMBER THE GREAT LUCK DOBILL
MUSICIAN WHO WAS KILL IN SOUTH AFRICA MY BOYS WAS PAID TO DO THAT JOB
SO YOU JUST TOO SMALL FOR THEM TO HANDLE NO MATTER YOUR SECURITY ONE
BULLET YOU ARE GONE.

IF IN YOUR NEXT MAIL YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH ME I WILL ASK MY BOYS TO
GIVE YOU A TRACK, AND SEND YOU TO THEY BURNING FIRE, HELL AWIT YOU.
YOU ARE TO PAID THE SUM OF $8,000, WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW.REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY,INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAITYOUR REPLY VIA

AGENT KILLER ([email protected])

I am very sorry for you Xxxxxx, is a pity that this is how your life is
going to end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see there is no
need of introducing myself to you because I don't have any business with
you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to
do it as I have already been paid for that. Someone you call a friend
wants you Dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on
this, the person also came to us and told me that he wanted you dead
and he provided us with your name ,picture and other necessary
information's we needed about you. So I sent my boys to track you down
and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the
operation on you, and they have done that but I told them not to kill
you that I will like to contact you and see if your life is Important
to you or not since their findings shows that you are innocent. I
called my client back and ask him of your email address which I didn't
tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am
using it to contact you now. As I am writing to you now my men are
monitoring you and they are telling me everything about you. Now do you
want to LIVE OR DIE? As someone has paid us to kill you. Get back to me
now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare your life, $15,000 is
all you need to spend You will first of all pay $8,000 then I will send

a tape to you which i recoeded every discusion i hade with the person who
wanted you dead and as soon as you get the tape, you will pay the
remaining $7,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will carry on
with my job straight-up. WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE
OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW.REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I
NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY. DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT
TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON
WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK
AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY ON MY PRIVATE MAIL [email protected]

Message headers: 

Received: from 64.214.231.141 (proxying for 81.199.40.62)
 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jnipo.vff); by webmail.vanuatu.com.vu
 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:34:49 +1100 (VUT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 03:34:49 +1100 (VUT)
Subject: DEATH AWAIT YOU SOON
From: "AGENT KILLER" <[email protected]>
Reply-to: [email protected]
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a
X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a

[email protected]

Attn: firstname lastname,

YOU BETTER BE MORE CAREFUL!!!


I feel very sorry for you. It is such a pity that this is how your life is going to end, that's only when you don't comply. As you can see, there is no need to introduce myself to you because I don't have anything personal with you, strictly business. I think I should tell you a little secret, I was paid to Eliminate you, and I have to do it in just 10 days. Someone you call your friend wants you Dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, he also came to me yesterday and told me that he wants your death to suden and painful as a pay back for a beef you both had. He had given us your names, photograph and all other neccessary informations we needed about you. and I sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out a very strict investigation on you. And I can assure you, we have every information we need for the operation now.

But since my data shows that you are innocent and I could make more profit out a double deal. then I called my client back and ask for your e-mail address. And as I write to you, now, my men are monitoring you and your every step.

NOTE:- Don't even think of fucking with me, my eyes is on you. So for your own good I'd advise you co-opperate with us.

Do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Its up to you, since someone had paid me to eliminate you. Get back to me now if you are ready to do business with me. I might just spear your life.

$20,000. is all you have to spend. But first you have pay $10,000 bucks, into an account. then I will send a tape to you containing evidence. Then when the tape gets to you, the balance is $10,000. bucks. I won't entertain any delay in paying the balance. If you are ready to comply with my offer, there is my email address down below this paragraph.

Email me at: [email protected]

WARNING:- DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELL ANYONE BECAUSE I WILL KNOW.REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT'S YOU DEAD! I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7:PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE TAPE OF MY DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK.

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