I´ve just received a warning

I´ve just received this, rather to my surprise:

Sorry if you receive this message again, but this scammer is still operating
on a large scale and has scammed many people.

I am a member of a group that investigates internet fraud, and I am writing
to warn you that you are being targeted by a scammer called Mark Hibbert

The person, or people, who you are in contact with are not genuine. They are
criminals. They have no money for you; it is a lie. They pretend to have
money for you so they can persuade you to send money to them, pretending
that it is for various fees. All the people involved in this deception are
scammers - not one of them is telling the truth. Any documents, including
passports, sent by these scammers are fakes.

The scammer may pretend that he is located in the UK - and he may even use a
telephone number beginning +44-70 in order to trick you. Numbers that begin
+44-70 resemble UK numbers, but they are really redirect numbers,
redirecting all calls to the scammer's mobile phone in another country. This
scammer is not in the UK - he is actually living in Nigeria. If he direct
you to someone in the UK , it would be one of his criminal associates. No
real bank will use a free email account

Please do not send him any money. If you do, he will demand further
payments, and will continue to do this until you are bankrupt and in debt.

Please do the following:

1. Stop all contact with the scammer.

2. Do not tell the scammer that you have received this warning.

3. Please write back to me, so that I will know you have read and understood
this email. I'm also happy to answer any questions that you might have.

You can read further information about scams here:

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Hello patanegra and welcome to ScamWarners.

Yes, that is a genuine warning email that has been sent to you.

A scammer calling himself Mark Hibbert is running a lottery scam, as posted here:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=10339

Some of the email addresses he is using are at the bottom of that post. He is also possibly sending out other types of scam mails, and using other fake names and other email addresses.

Please read the linked webpages that you were sent in the warning mail, and be sure that you stop all contact with anyone who appears to be operating any of these types of scams.

If you have any further questions, we are happy to help.

Hi patanegra

This warning was from me

As Chris Fuller mentioned, it's a lottery scam.

This scammer claims that he's British, and he uses fake British passport to send to his victims.

He also uses official looking emails (he had a fake bank site )

Welcome to scamwarners

I received that. Two things to say to that:

1. I'm a scambaiter
2. I never contacted/baited him, why'd I get it? (EDIT: realized that I ASEM'ed one of his alias before)

^^ You don't necessarily need to make first contact with a scammer to receive a warning.

Sometimes, when the scammer sends out his format, he will mistakenly attach a cc list which shows all of the addresses he's sent the scam to. Some warners will contact all of those addresses just to be on the safe side.

How does the scammer get your address? Well, just remember - if you've left it anywhere on the internet, there's always the possibility that it will end up in the hands of a scammer.

Thanks for all the support- you people do a great job and it is a privilege to be here.
Still, like gerald.fird, I´m a baiter and assumed the message was a trap, especially since it came via gmail.
Glad to have that cleared up!

If you bait you'll inevitably get warnings, depending on what information the warner has received. Sometimes he/she will have just an e-mail address, sometimes much more, and it's better to warn than try to guess who might be a baiter. No harm is ever done by sending a warning that isn't needed.

Scammers deceive victims and baiters deceive scammers. I make friends with scammers to get information. It can get very confusing but it's all to one purpose - to protect and defend people we suspect are being targeted, as baiters keep scammers merrily occupied with other tasks.

(... and in case you worried - no scammer benefitted one jot from friendship with me, I guarantee that).