419 scam: "Mr. David Smith." <rabka.gmww@gmail.com> Reply back?

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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:
- "discussion of this transaction in further details" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- davidjohnsmith01@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Smith." <rabka.gmww@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidjohnsmith02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 10:04:12 +0200
Subject: Reply back?

UBS AG
100 Liverpool Street
London EC2M 2RH
United Kingdom,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

Hello!

Greetings! My Name is Mr. David Smith, I am a consultant, working with
UBS AG Bank. I will be happy to execute this deal with you if you have
a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are capable of
handling issues as a TOP SECRET. I therefore need a strong Assurance
that you will never let me down, when I transfer this money to your
account.

Thus during one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant
account with holding balance of US$230,000.000.00 { Two Hundred and
Thirty Million US Dollars only}, Sometimes a person will open a bank
account, deposit money in it, and then will disappear into the tin air
duento one reason or the other.

Banks are not always able to find out what has become of these silent
customers, or to know whether they should follow up on requests from
people who claim to be heirs to the accounts. The main problem is that
the customer resides abroad and, due to bank secrecy and code of
conduct, the bank cannot publish notices in the international press to
locate the depositaries. This has led the majority of Swiss banks to
refrain from opening small-deposit accounts for foreign customers; for
fear that they will forget that the account exists.

It has happened in the past, however, such customers pass away and
their heirs can neither prove the death, nor their heir ship. This was
a frequent occurrence during the wartime periods, also now that we
have many reports of environmental hazards with many unknown
casualties and the banks have now set up a simple, rapid resolution
procedure operating to their customers' advantage. Dormant assets are
defined as any assets deposited with a bank (i.e. an account, a
custody account or a safety-deposit box) for which there has been no
contact with the customer in the bank's files for the last ten years
or more.

I am constrained to issue more details about this business transaction
until your response is received. If you know that you will be capable
to handle large or small amount on trust and can to keep all matters
secret and ready to take 45% of any amount I transfer to your account
from the dormant account and I will take 55%, send your account
information's by return mail. Tell me more about yourself, while I
look forward to receive the above information.

I want to re-assure you that this business is risk free and you can
send an empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account
is capable to receive incoming funds.

I Look forward to discuss this opportunity further with you in detail.

Please email me back on this mail address:
(davidjohnsmith01@yahoo.co.uk), also provide me with your phone number
for discussion of this transaction in further details.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest Regards,

Mr. David Smith.

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