419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
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.
- dgnolanq0@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From:
=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=AAMr_Daniel_G_Nolan=E2=80=AC_=E2=80=AA?= <mdgn0q@gmail.com>
Reply-To:
=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=AAMr_Daniel_G_Nolan=E2=80=AC_=E2=80=AA?= <mr.dgnolan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:13:28 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: we can work things out

Hello,

I am the Sales Manager of Sumatra Copper & Gold Plc., i have worked in this company for 8yrs in Export UNIT and as Sales Manager with brilliant customer relations. I have always maintained clean record but as a family man i cannot depend on monthly salary forever, i have made series of extra quotations on exportation of Copper & Gold Materials which has yield high income, this is a confidential deal between you and i because the extra quotations profit of $10M was placed into security account by costumers according to my instructions as the Sales Manager of Sumatra Copper & Gold Plc.

The ethics of this company permits Sumatra Copper & Gold Board of Directors to crosscheck the statement of my account in range of three months. And if huge amount is discovered in my possession i will be jailed, therefore, i would like you to receive the $10M and invest it wisely while i visit you during my holiday to sign some investment partnership documents with you. I believe that you will be satisfied with 30% of the total amount while you invest the remaining 70% in my name. The release of said amount will be directly to you from the security account management.

I await your reply confidently to my personal email because this transaction is confidential between us and you must always communicate me directly to my personal email: dgnolanq0@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Mr Daniel G Nolan
Executive Sales Manager
SUMATRA COPPER & GOLD plc
ABN 14 136 694 267
Level 1, 5 Ord Street, West Perth WA 6005
EmailÂ Â Â Â Â dgnolanq0@gmail.com
Registered Number 5777015
Registered address: 39 Parkside, Cambridge, CB1 1PN
www.sumatracoppergold.com

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