419 scam: "Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)"<Jlm@vodafone.pt> Investment Plan

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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: "Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dbs_dbs@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 16:53:23 +0200
Subject: Investment Plan

I am the Chief Audit/Account Executive officer, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS). I write to inquire your interest in a business transaction which involves US$45M secured from our bank for the purpose of establishing a joint venture on Real Estate and Tourist Centre oversea.

This fund was highness and domiciled in our bank for the past 27 years by a late foreign investor, Mr. Nusret Mahmood Syed, Pakistani citizen who died in the Collapsed New World Hotel, 1986; it was not appropriated by the bank because the account was sealed with Microchips by the predecessors for accessibility.

I shall unfold details upon your reply.

Tang Wing Chang.

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