419 scam: "Dr. david Cole"<test@kundendienst24x7.com> I look forward to hearing from you

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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:
- "claims office" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.david.d.cole@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- your ref: un/com1000732985761 dr. david cole email: dr.david.d.cole@gmail.com or email: uncliamedassetmanagement@volny.cz tell: +1 312 (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. david Cole" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.david.d.cole@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:52:13 -0500
Subject: I look forward to hearing from you

We understand that the Internet which has been abused over the years is not the best way to link up with you to inform you about this notification because of its confidentiality.

However, we wish to notify you again that your name and email has been notify to receive the sum of $285,000.00usd only as part of the compensation fund giving to scam victims who were scammed across America, Europe and Africa continent.

Your email and details of the scammers was forwarded to our compensation head office and after the random draws of selected email/names of scam victims chosen from our database, your email emerge/name emerged as one of the lucky winners from a draw held today 22th december 2015 to receive the total sum of $285,000.00usd.

As the heir team of detective, our aim is to assist people re-claim there lost fund and get compensated and presently, the race is now on for us to track down the scammers to make sure they are prosecuted and we advice you to proceed with the claim of your fund by contacting the our Regional Claims Officer who will direct you on how to proceed to have your compensation fund released to you. Below is the contact of the officer and we advice you to email and give him
a call as soon as you receive this email with this reference no: Your Ref: UN/COM1000732985761

Dr. david Cole
Email: dr.david.d.cole@gmail.com
Or
Email: uncliamedassetmanagement@volny.cz
Tell: +1 312 757 6165

Note:

You are strongly advised to keep the content of this email with utmost secrecy and never in any way disclose or discussed it content to a third party to avoid double claim and impersonation as we have held such cases in the past and this is in our effort to combat cyber crime and internet fraud/scam.

Please send an acknowledgment email to enable us process your claim clarification and verification process without delay as soon as you receive this email

I look forward to hearing from you.
Mr. Martins Morrison
Compensation Officer.
UNITED NATIONS CYBER SERVICE CRIME
COMPENSATION BOARD.

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