419 scam: "DAVID KIMBALL JR" <davidkimball20@gmail.com> HELLO FRIEND,

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "trunk box" (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.
- davidkimball20@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID KIMBALL JR" <davidkimball20@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:16:36 +0100
Subject: HELLO FRIEND,

HELLO FRIEND,

Please this is not a scam or fraud but reality and I will appreciate if
you assist.
Am very sorry to contact you in this manner, I am aware that this is
certainly not a convenient way of approach to establish a relationship of
trust,But pls i will like you to read this mail for God sake,so that you
understand why I decide to reach you through this medium.

My name is David Kimball I am a citizen of Southern Sudan the son of the
late Chief Engineer Okpo Kimball who work as an expatriate engineer with
the foreign government in Sudan 1999 to export at the Oil Venture to
foreign country but unfortunately he was killed by rebels during political
problem in my country Sudan 2005. When the government of Sudan try to
investigate the profit of the Oil been export out of Port Sudan, so the
opposition leaders disrupt the Oil operational and cause war in Sudan.
Before my Father's death he made my mother to understand that he deposited
some huge amount of money in a security company in Ghana West Africa,
which he Made from sales of gold and Oil business in Africa Market and he
gave my mother all relevant document of the trunk box Which he deposited
(marked) as family belonging.

I and my mother were able to move out from Sudan through the UNITED
NATION, that Coven refugee from Sudan to Accra Ghana, West Africa. Because
we want to make the claims of the trunk box content $15 Million Dollar
Because my late father deposit the One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal
Treasure so that nobody should knows about the content of the box here in
Africa. So I am hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner
and adviser because: I do not know much about investment or how to handle
this funds,here in Ghana that is why we need your assistance as a foreign
partner to help us to move this funds out of Africa for security reason to
your country,

Please if you are interested to help us please promise us to keep this
transaction confidential because nobody knows about the existence of this
funds I and my mother agreed to give you "Twenty Percent" of the total sum
of the funds inside the trunk box, your compensation for the assistance is
negotiable,

If you really want to be sure about this and before you agree to assist
us to stand as my foreign partner for you to know am not joking kindly
make a three working day trip to come to meet me in Ghana in person so
that we meet face to face,so kindly get back to me for more details how to
discuss with the security company.
I wait for your immediate response so that I give you more details.
email; davidkimball20@gmail.com

Thanks and God bless You,
+233546494836
DAVID KIMBALL JR

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