419 scam: anthony douglas <anthonydouglas247@gmail.com> I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- anthonydouglas121@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: anthony douglas <anthonydouglas247@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 11:34:12 -0700
Subject: I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise. Here is a 100%
profitable business proposal for you, In my department, I discovered an
abandoned sum of $7.3 million USD( Seven million three hundred US dollars)
in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his business colleagues in a plane crash on 26 March 2010 and there is
No body to claim his fund, I want you and me to work together to transfer
the fund into your account, Late Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is a
citizen of the United Arab Emirates, sheikh was an Emirates businessman and
Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, below was a prove
from the CNN news Website of his death:

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/03/30/uae.body/index.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/middleeast/01ahmed.html

I am contacting you to assist me and transfer this fund into your account
as the business partner and beneficiary to Late Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan, I can fix your name as the business beneficiary of this fund with
my position in this Bank so that the Bank will transferred the fund into
your nominated bank account and you will get 40% of the fund and I will get
60%, I will come to meet you for us to share the fund according to the
percentage above after the transfer and invest the money in Biomedical
Engineering.

Please get back to me immediately and I will provide you with more details
about the account information and how we can proceed to transfer the fund
into your account.
please contact me on this email address:
anthonydouglas121@gmail.com

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