419 scam: "Martins Donald"<Popeye365@sbcglobal.net> RE:KINDLY READ AND REPLY PLEASE.

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- martins.donald@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Martins Donald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <martins.donald@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:15:50 +0100
Subject: RE:KINDLY READ AND REPLY PLEASE.

Hello Friend.



     Am Mr.Martins Donald, a retired banker, writing you in regards of the sum of

$5.5 Million Dollars floating in a dormant account that belongs to my late

client who died without no beneficiary to the account.

    I will like this fund to be transferred into your account as the next of

kin of the deceased because the money will automatically go into

government treasury at the end of this year if I could not locate any of

the relative of my late client to come up and claim the fund. In receipt

of this fund in your account you and me will share the money; 45% to me,

40% to you, and 15% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity

Fund. After that i would love my share to be invested in a real estate.

    Please contact me at once to indicate your interest to my email.

I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible.This

transaction will be treated private with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.

All I require is your consent, honest co-operation.

Yours Faithfully.

Mr.Martins Donald

martins.donald@hotmail.com

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