419 scam: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22BANCO_SANTANDER_DE_ESPA=D1A..=22?= <bancosantander@gmx.us> BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!!

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "clearance document" (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. )
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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 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.
- +34651652408 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- dr.francisco@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22BANCO_SANTANDER_DE_ESPA=D1A..=22?= <bancosantander@gmx.us>
Reply-To: dr.francisco@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:43:47 +0900
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

This shouldnt come as a surprise to you, i got your email from the
internet business mailing list for credible business individuals,
I must solicit your confidence in this transaction based on trust;
this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and
top secret, though I know that a transaction of this magnitude and
nature will make any one apprehensive or worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day.

However, I am working as an investment consultant with the Banco
Santander De Espana at their offshore department, I will be happy
to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or personal
Bank Account and if you are capable of keeping the TOP SECRET,
during one of their period of auditing, we discovered dormant
accounts withholding balance of approximately €750,000.000.00
{Seven Hundred And Fifty Million Euros Only), which he can easily
transfer to your account and share with you without any problem,
the amount could be any agreed sum out of the total amount as
stated above if not all.
Evidently, I am constrained to issue more details about this
business pending when your response is received, if you know that
you are capable to handle this large amount or small amount on
trust and can keep secret and ready to take 40% of any amount that
he can transfer into your account from the dormant accounts while my
own share along my group will be 60%.

Towards this development, I want to re-assure you that this business
is risk free and you can send an empty account to receive the funds,
provided that the account is capable of receiving the incoming funds,
hence, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate and legal
perfected arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law
down the road, bearing in mind that, said funds at bank are classified
as dormant accounts are free funds for those who have key information
on how to benefit from such dormant accounts, otherwise, funds will be
sent to NGOs because nobody is operating the accounts for upward of
10 years and above of which the bank must have concluded investigation
on such accounts to reach conclusion that the account has no heir
and nobody knows about its existence.

Furthermore, this transaction is real and risk free because there will
be complete clearance documents to prove the legality of the large amount
to any financial institution, and it will come as a foreign direct
investment fund (FDI) as it may please you, hence, you need to create a
new bank account or send an existing bank account information, in order
that, we will use it to prepare the payment documents and secure the
payment approval on your name or with the name of your company as
the legal beneficiary.

Again, the intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. However,
if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept
my sincere apology, if on the contrary you wish to achieve
this goal with us as my close ally,
kindly get back to me with your interest for further explanations.

Sincerely,

DR. FRANCISCO MARTINEZ
(INVESTMENT CONSULTANT, BANCO SANTANDER DE ESPAÑA).
Tel: +34-651-652-408
Fax: +34-917-692-837
Email: dr.francisco@consultant.com

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