419 scam: John Scott <john.scott78@hotmail.com> VERY URGENT MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY.

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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:
- "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)
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.
- davidmoore0012@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: John Scott <john.scott78@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <davidmoore1230@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 May 2015 21:33:10 +0000
Subject: VERY URGENT MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY.

Hello Good Day,

ATTENTION: CONFIDENTIAL I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION.

Greetings!
My name is David Moore, Bank director here in London. I must solicit
your confidence in this proposal; this is by virtue of its nature as
being utterly sympathizing, though i know that a proposal of this
magnitude will make anyone Apprehensive and worried.

There is a
sum of 116 Million dollars deposited since 2005 by late citizen from
your country. I have tried to trace any member of his family so that
they will come and claim this money but I could not locate his family
members. According to the British Law, if the account remain dormant for
a complete period of ten years, the money will be recovered by the
British Government as an abandoned funds.

Now, I am contacting
you for you to stand as his relative or business partner since he was a
Citizen of your country. You and me will share the money equal after
claim, 50% for you and 50% for me. I promise you that you will never
regret your involvement in this business.

I am sending you the prove of deposit certificate and I will give you more details after hearing from you.

Please for security reason, reply me only on my private email address at (davidmoore0012@yahoo.co.uk)

I am waiting for your reply.

David Moore.

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