419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
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.
- brianhamb@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "brianhamb@post.com" <brianhamb@post.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:29:38 -0430 (VET)
Subject: Good morning to you, let us look into this lucrative project, very
urgent

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Good morning to you,

I am very happy that you have received my mail this time around. Now let me tell you the full details of the project, I work with Unique Online Trust Bank in London, where a client made full deposit of his funds. I have a client,(name) Mr. Albert Jack Stanley, the former KBR Inc. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), who is currently in confinement as a result of his involvement in bribing an Oil company in Africa, in order to secure a contract for his company KBR INC. As a result of his actions which led to his confinement , my client Mr. Albert J. Stanley, want his funds with our bank to be transferred into a safety place, pending on his release.

For more details about Mr. Albert Stanley, kindly visit the news link below,

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204778604577241793027434750.html

Please note that I am doing exactly what Mr. Albert instructed me to do by making contact with you to come forward to take full possession of his funds valued Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds (7.5MGBP) with our bank. This is very simple, as soon as I get your full consent to participate in this project, I am going to give you his online username and password to access the availability of the funds through the bank website. On the other hand, as soon as this is verified from you, we are going to sign a Memorandum of understanding before you can start transferring money online from his account to your own personal bank account anywhere around the globe. Please the project is legal and free from any encumbrances. If interested, you are going to receive 20% of the total sum as part of your commission in participating to receive his funds into your account, while on the other hand, the remaining 80% would go straight into any profitable business under your care.

I have under my possession the funds deposit certificate, a prepared Memorandum of Understand (MOU) and the online user access attached to his account. For us to proceed, I would like to know your full name, address, age, and occupation, this is to enable me prepare the memorandum of understanding, send across to you to go through, and then sign.

Please if you have any question, do not hesitate to inform me for further clarification.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Regards
Brian Hambling.
brianhamb@post.com

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