419 scam: "Daniel Gros (General Manager);"<weyshspseq@insurenet.e4ward.com> From: Daniel Gros (General Manager); Why I am Contacting You:

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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: "Daniel Gros (General Manager);" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <DanielGros@depositfund.eu.tf>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 18:03:25 +0300
Subject: From: Daniel Gros (General Manager); Why I am Contacting You:

CONFIDENTIAL MEMO

From: Daniel Gros (General Manager),

Ref: ECB/EPC-D1/AW/amEUROSYS(2012)

Re- YOUR FUND HELD BY THE DEFUNCT BANK OF CREDIT & COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL:

This notification is being sent to you concerning your unpaid fund in the total sum of US9.256M USD only held by the defunct Bank of Credit & Commerce International (BCCI). The DIF protects depositors' funds in the unlikely event of the financial failure of the paying bank.

WHY WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU?

We have contacted you because as we continue to recover Unclaimed fund deposits under the failed and closed Banks, the SFDI Board has identified you as one of the beneficiaries to the closed/default banks deposit. Verified information in the Liquidator’s Certificates and Deposit Registers confirmed your fund has been kept in the bank vault of one of the apex houses as an unclaimed property since July 2009 when the bank was closed.

We plan to process and pay this fund to you as soon as we receive your response. You are required to urgently get back to me.

Regards,

Daniel Gros (General Manager)

Division of International Supervision and Compliance Affairs;

Deposit Coverage Fund For Depositors and Investors (DCFDI)

Under the EU Deposit Insurance/Guarantee Scheme;

Tel: +33-1-82889966

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