419 scam: "Mr.Brown Daniel"<oex300@yahoo.com> This is a Good news over your unclaimed funds

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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Brown Daniel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brown.daniel@aol.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:17:38 +0530
Subject: This is a Good news over your unclaimed funds

Dearest,

This is a Good news over your unclaimed funds, today we have directed the Nat west Bank of London to open a trust account in your name and have your full payment deposited into your account without delay whatsoever.

Then once you confirm your wiliness to claim this funds from Nat west Bank London, i will arrange for an open communications between you and the bank and once this is done ,The Nat west Bank will contact you with your full account details and give you all the guideline that you may require for further crediting of your account.

Be rest assured that this will be the only secured and assured means of getting this funds.

I await your urgent confirmation of your full details, your full name,address your private cell phone number and Bank details for further crediting of your account and copy of your identification is also needed.

Looking forward for your further communication.

I remain.

Brown Daniel

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