419 scam: "Mr.Dan Murray" <williamsunation@yahoo.co.uk> RE:URGENT ATTENTION,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Dan Murray" <williamsunation@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: dan.murray_icbghltd@consultant.com
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:47:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE:URGENT ATTENTION,

Good day,

Â I am an investment consultant working with (ICB) International Commercial Bank Ghana Limited at the Department of Foreign remittances in Accra Ghana will be happy to work this deal out with you if we can do businessâ€™ am looking forward to invest my own share of money in real estate after you receive the fund,And i will offer you 40% of the total sum while i keep %50 and %10 shall be donated to the charity home in your country.

During one of our periodic auditing I discover a dormant account with holding balance of Â£16,000,000.00 (sixteen Million British Pounds) this account has not been operated for the past years.As at this moment I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received, and I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible if you can be trusted and interested kindly reply me with your Telephone number for easy communication.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Warmest regards,

Mr.Dan Murray
Chief investment Consultant.

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