419 scam: "DR.DEANA HARRIS"<www@sinpar.it> NOTIFICATION!!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dr.harris.deana@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.DEANA HARRIS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.harris.deana@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:46:19 +0800
Subject: NOTIFICATION!!!

I am Barrister Deana Harris, A financial consultant to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once rated as the richest man in Russia and owner of YUKOS OIL (Russian largest oil company),chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (a well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world).

For your kind attention, I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate a sum of Forty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$40.5M) to a bank account for the benefit of both of us. I was authorized to transfer money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my client Mikhail Khodorkovsky

This is a genuine business transaction, only that I can not operate it alone without using a Foreigner as required with the financial firm, therefore I am presently I am in China to execute this business within the time frame. All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable the financial firm transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to the American continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates.

You will be entitled to have 40% of this fund as a foreign partner, since you will provide a bank account where this money will be transferred to, while 60% will be for me, by indicating your interest on assurance of trust, The transaction has to be concluded as soon and as I confirm your readiness to proceed with me, You can contact me via my email address. dr.harris.deana@gmail.com

Please you have to keep this proposal as a top secret between you and me because the secret of this transaction is as well the success of it, and if you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and confidentiality reply back to me immediately to prove your integrity, And if you are not interested about this business delete it immediately in your email box/spam. You can catch more of the story on this website:

http://www.yukos.com
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Barr: Deana Harris

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