419 scam: "Mr. Evans Davis" <evans.davis2@gmail.com> reply

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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.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Evans Davis" <evans.davis2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrevans.davis1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 22:13:41 +0000
Subject: reply

Hello Dear,
I need your assistance and support to partnership with me for an investment
in your country, if you can assure me safety and trust of the funds as it
enter in your bank account. I respectfully appreciate your time to go
through this proposal. My name is Mr. Evans Davis from Freetown, Sierra
Leone. I got your contact through comprehensive web email search on
directory then I decided to contact you. I know this might sound like scam
to you because of the activities going on in the internet today even in the
Church. But I assure you that this is not a joke and I know you are capable
to handle this project. So I write you this letter in good faith for us to
make progress into investment.

My late father lodged the sum of Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000.000.00) in
a bank for safe keeping. However I need a foreign trusted person who will
help me to invest this funds into any lucrative business to generate more
revenue.

Absolutely, I am writing to seek your assistance as a faithful person to
stand and accept to receive this money in your country as my foreign
partner and my investor of this funds. If this request matches with your
inward intention for success and greatness, then you are urged to make a
quick response indicating your interest and readiness to work with me.
I humbly await for answer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Evans Davis

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