419 scam: donald ez <manavtalwar@yahoo.com> Re: from donald

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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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: donald ez <manavtalwar@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: pin1us@videobank.it
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:26:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: from donald

Dear Sir,

I apologize to explain to you in details, I am a chief Auditor
in one of the banks here in London and on an inspection i discovered
account of an INDUSTRIALIST which has been dormant with a total sum of
£25,000.000.00 GBP [Twenty Five Million British Pounds].The owner of
this dormant account is a foreigner by name "Ed Swingle" who died on 4th
Jan 2002. in a plane crash in Birmingham.

Since
the death of this deceased, nobody has operated in this account till
date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to
it.Definitely, this fund will be confiscated by the BANKING CODE OF
ETHICS if it remains dormant for period of [12] years without any
claims.In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in
transferring this dormant fund out of the bank to avoid confiscating
this fund.

First,
I want to let you know that the bank will approve this money to any
foreigner with legal claims which i will be providing to you and this
fund can be transferred to any valid foreign account you will nominate,
upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your side; I
will then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing,30% for
you and 55% for me, 15% for charity and thereafter we jointly make some
magnitude investments.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project, Contact me for more details about yourself.

I look forward to a favorable response from you. Best Regards & God bless you and your family.

Please keep this information very confidential, it is very important.

Yours truly,

Dr. Donald Ez.

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