419 scam: "David Brown"<dvabr23@hotmail.com> Hello My Dear

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- drdavidbrown71@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "David Brown" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdavidbrown71@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:31:56 -0700
Subject: Hello My Dear

Hello My Dear,

I am David Brown, working under the head of luggage’s/baggage’s storage facilities here at the JFK International airport New-York. I am contacting you regarding an abandoned consignment box in our storage facility and the custom scan report of the box revealed an undisclosed sum of US dollar bill in it which could be approximately 10.5million dollars.

The consignment box was abandoned here by a diplomat who was on transit to your city due to lack of proper delivery clearance papers and his inability to pay the required legal fee on the diplomatic consignment box for clearance delivery and the official document of the consignment box indicates your information’s and that is why I am contacting you now for a deal before your consignment will be confiscated by the US custom.

However, Immediately I get your approval, I will go ahead and meet with the custom head of operations here to find out what will be the cost for the clearance delivery Fee and arrange for the box to be delivered to you Or I can bring it myself to ensure a safe delivery but you have to assure me of my 30% share of the total money in the box. I can get everything concluded within 3days upon your acceptance and all communication must be held extremely confidential to ensure a successful delivery.

I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned box so that we can transact this as a deal and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me. I want you to provide me your full

name, phone Number and full address and the nearest airport close to you to verify with the details in the official document.

Do send the required details for quick processing and delivery if is a deal and I will give you a call when I get your response. I wait to hear from you urgently and please treat as confidential if you want to co-operate.

Regards,

David Brown

E-mail: drdavidbrown71@yahoo.com

Tell: +16469379829

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