419 scam: "DavidBlair Investment"<ganms@gms-mechatronics.com.my> LET US ACHIEVE THIS TOGETHER

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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 united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DavidBlair Investment" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerzaharah@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:53:53 +0100
Subject: LET US ACHIEVE THIS TOGETHER

Hello Dear, I am Zaharah , a solicitor at law. I was the personal attorney to Mr. Imran Waheed, a national of Pakistan who used to work with an oil servicing company here in United Arab Emirates (Dubai) after which be referred to as my client. Mr. Imran Waheed 49 years of age made a fixed deposit of fund valued at USD$14,000,000.00 (Fourteen Million United States Dollars Only) with a Bank here in Dubai and unfortunately lost his life in a Bhoja Air crash Boeing 737-200, registration AP-BKC performing flight B4-213 from Karachi to Islamabad (Pakistan) with 121 passengers and 6 crew members on board on April 20th 2012 on his visit to his country as you can see on the following link:http://rt.com/news/plane-crash-pakistan-boeing-580/http://www.bhojaair.com.pk/home/b4213.htm He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the deposit that is still in my possession. Recently, the governing body of the Bank contacted me on this matter, requesting that I should notify the next of

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