419 scam: Dash DARVELL <darvelldash@yahoo.co.za> Please Can You Help Me Invest This Fund US$8,829,000,00. In Your Country?

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "darvelldash@yahoo.co.za" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22998917519 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Dash DARVELL <darvelldash@yahoo.co.za>
Reply-To: Dash DARVELL <dashdarvell@katamail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 18:10:30 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please Can You Help Me Invest This Fund US$8,829,000,00. In Your Country?

Greetings,

Please, I am contacting you in relation to the management of a huge sum of money US$8,829,000,00. (Eight Million Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine Thousand United States Dollars). I want you to be my guardian in order to receive this funds in your country of abode and also help me to invest this money in a lucrative business that will help me fulfill my future there in your country since I am a 20 years old orphan with a lot of unreliable extended family members around me.

Please contact me with this email address below for more clarification and information's needed from me to complete this transaction if you accept to carry it on with me.

Thanks and remain blessed.
Yours Sincerely,
Dash DARVELL.
Email: darvelldash@yahoo.co.za
Telephone Number: +22998917519

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