419 scam: "Norris David" <norrisdavid001@hotmail.com> Read and let me know if you can

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
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.
- norrisdavid@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Norris David" <norrisdavid001@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: norrisdavid@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:11:50 -0500 (ECT)
Subject: Read and let me know if you can

FROM THE DESK OF: REV NORRIS STEPHEN DAVID
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
HSBC BANK UNITED KINGDOM ENGLAND.

Attention Please,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my
urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction. I am a Rev, banker by profession from United Kingdom in
England and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting
unit of the bank.
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($125million) of
one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 21 july
2003 in a plane crash.You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death
by clicking on this web site

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

However, I am very much aware that he has left enough wealth that will
last his generation a lifetime. The true situation at the moment is that
the said amount of money was deposited with the BANK here in UK only to be
paid out to a charity home.The charity home/organization would have to be
picked by my law office. This implies that you will stand as the
beneficiary to this Will so that the funds could be processed and
transferred to your account if you are ready and in a position to assist
me. You do not need to have a charity organization, all you need do is to
declare your interest and show seriousness.
If you shown seriousness.further details of the transfer will be forwarded
to you as soon as i receive your return mail,have a great day.
Make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and make it
confidential till we receives the fund into the account that you will
provide to the bank. Do not disclose it to any body, because the secrecy
of this transaction is as well as the success of it.

REPLY TO norrisdavid@rediffmail.com

Please, note that this will involve some money (expenses).

Yours faithfully,
REV.NORRIS STEPHEN DAVID.

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