419 scam: "Mr Luca David"<test@khi-nlconsulate.com> ***SPAM*** How are you today,

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- lucadavid26@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Luca David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <luca.david@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 02:32:44 -0600
Subject: ***SPAM*** How are you today,

Dear,

I am sorry to contact you unannounced through this medium.I am Mr.
Luca David a citizen of Switzerland and Chief Auditor Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Switzerland(BVC), I have in my bank the existence of a big amount of money
that belongs to a customer, who happen to have the
same surname as yours and who has your country in his file as his
place of origin,made a fixed deposit for 36 calendar months, valued at
$26,000,000.00 with my bank and The fund is now without any claim
because he died in a deadly earthquake in China in 2008 along side his
and their only Daughter. I wantyour cooperation so as to make the bank
send you the fund as the beneficiary and next of kin to the fund.

Since the last quarter of 2009 until today,the management of my bank
have been finding a means to reach his family so as to ascertain if he
will want to roll over the Deposit or have the contract sum
withdrawn,Since September 2009 to no avail, This transaction will be
of a great mutual assistance to us,so I am seeking your cooperation to
present you as the one to benefit from this fund since you have the
same name, so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to you,
Send me your reply of interest so that I will give you the details.

I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds
equal,50/50% to both parties My share will assist me to start a
charity organization to help the poor and also own a company which has
been my dream.Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this
information as TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive
your urgent response strictly through my personal email address.

Strictly send it to my private email account: lucadavid26@yahoo.com or
send me your email address to send you details of this transaction. At
the receipt of your reply, I will give you details of the transaction.
And a copy of the Deposit Certificate of the fund and also the
Incorporation Certificate of the company that generated the fund.

Best regards,
Mr Luca David

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