419 scam: "Dr.D.Prasad"<parkjohn.bm01@qq.com> I am pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable business pr

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 next of kin scam.
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.
- +447937667577

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.D.Prasad" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:37:29 +0100
Subject: I am pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable business proposal

Attn,
I run a private consulting firm, advisory and other services to clients in Libya, I am pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable business proposal, this message is real and must be kept confidential because you might find this email in your in-box, Junk or Spam folder.
A customer of ours Mr.Hassan Al-Droui (Libyan cabinet minister) who died Jan 12, 2014, before his death Mr.Hassan Al-Droui made a numbered time (fixed) deposit, leaving behind a capital (US$7.5 Million) in our Bank (Banco Santander, S.A) where I work, till date nobody has come forward or put application for the claim. UK banking regulation/ legislation demand that I notify the fiscal
authorities after a statutory time period when dormant accounts of this type are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies if nobody applies to claim the funds. Confirm it yourself via the website below:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-25701470

During the Bank private search for the late Mr.Hassan Al-Droui relatives, most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no Personal Representative/ Next of Kin , meaning no member of Mr.Hassan Al-Droui's family knows about the deposit therefore, I am now seeking your
cooperation to act as Personal Representative/ Next of Kin to late late Mr.Hassan Al-Droui to claim the funds and move them into useful investments, I will do all the crucial part in the bank to have the claim released to you promptly. I am ready to offer you 50% of the total funds while 50% will be mine. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue to affirm your willingness and cooperation, call me Tel: +44 793 766 7577 or FOR FASTER RESPONSE/ Always send me email via: prasad.dhavala@expressmail.dk/ dhavala.prasad@expressmail.dk.
I shall instruct you with due process of concluding this transaction without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.

Thank you,
Dr.Dhavala Prasad
Banco Santander, S.A
Santander Private Banking
PO Box 545
19-21 Commercial Street
St Helier, Jersey JE4 8XG
UK

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