419 scam: "Mr. Simon Grayson"<simongrayson56@gmail.com> Partnership Enquiry

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million british pounds" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- s.grayson@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Simon Grayson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <s.grayson@post.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:33:44 +0100
Subject: Partnership Enquiry

Dear Sir/Madam,

Please accept my apology if i am intruding your privacy with this e-mail communication. My name is Simon Grayson, a retired financial consultant and business analyst based in London, England. I am writing you today as I wish to present to you, a business transaction that will be of immense benefit to both of us if we work together.

The issue I am presenting to you is a case of my client who willed a fortune to his next-of-kin. It was unfortunate that he and his next-of-kin died together in an auto-crash few years ago. My client before his untimely death, left a deposit of (£12.5 Million) Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pound Sterling which I helped him to deposit in one of the leading banks here in England. Being his former consultant, the bank would not let me inherit this wealth or present myself as the beneficiary. Hence, this is why i seek your consent and to present you as the beneficiary to this money, so that it can be transferred to you and we share in two ways of £6.25 Million British Pounds Sterling each.

If you are interested in my proposition, i want you to reconfirm your full name and contact telephone number to my personal e-mail on; s.grayson@post.com to enable me get back to you with further details of my proposal.

Best Regards,

Simon Grayson

E-mail: S.grayson@post.com

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