419 scam: "DON D. GARCIA" <andyuwa2@gmail.com> PROFITABLE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million us 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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- dondgarcia20113@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DON D. GARCIA" <andyuwa2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dondgarcia20114@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:45:01 -0800
Subject: PROFITABLE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

Dear Friend,

RE: SECOND NOTIFICATION OF REQUEST.

I am a personal attorney to late Mrs. Claudia and I hereby once again
write to notify you through this means as my earlier Email returned
undelivered.

I wish to notify you that my late client Mrs. Claudia according to the
contractual agreement made you the Heir/Inheritor to the deposit she
had with Storage Company here in Madrid, Spain.

Before her untimely death, she deposited a sum of Eight Million US
Dollars ($8,000.000.00) in a storage company.
Being a widely traveled woman and relative of yours, I believed that
both of you must have been in contact with each other in the past and
she simply decided to surprise you with inheritance of the deposit.

Mrs. Claudia until her death was a crude oil businesswoman,
contractor, member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic & Electrical Engineers. She was a very dedicated Religious
person who has much passion for the less privileged. Her great
philanthropy earned her numerous awards during her life time.

She died on the 2nd day of August 2010 at the age of 52 years. The
storage company has issued me a notice as a witness and personal
attorney to the deceased at the time of deposit to contact you as the
Heir/Inheritor for immediate withdrawal. Otherwise, the deposit would
be moved over to the government bonded warehouse as unclaimed or
abandoned property.

All the legal documents that will back up the claim of deposit are
with me hence I require your cooperation to procure and present the
affidavit of claim / inheritor to the storage company in order gets
the fund retrieved in your favor.

This is not in any way illegal; because as an Attorney, I have made
all the enquiries on Spanish Property/Fund Inheritance Release and I
found out that according to the Spanish Inheritance bye law, all we
need do is to identify you as the person stipulated in the contractual
agreement and deposit certificate as the Heir/Inheritor. Thereafter,
the storage company will automatically release the fund to you. As an
attorney to the deceased, I guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction because of my relationship with late Mrs. Claudia.

In order to accelerate the processes, I will like you to quickly
response back to enable me provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will be needed from the storage company immediately and
finally schedule a visit with you to the Storage Company.

Lastly, we shall agree on my own percentage upon your final claim and
withdrawal of the deposit.

Yours in service.

Don D. Garcia.
Email:dondgarcia20113@gmail.com

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