419 scam: "David Phills"<davcx111@gmail.com> Read Carefully

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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 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.
- +447937428287

Fraud email example:

From: "David Phills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <daphills@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:14:40 +0100
Subject: Read Carefully

United Nations Compensation Consultant
London,United Kingdom
Tel/Fax: +44 793 742 8287

Attention: Scam Victim,

Scammed Victim/ $1 million Compensation-Ref/Payments Code: 06654 we are delegated from the United Nations to pay 1000 World 419 scam victims $1 million each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held at New York NY with Barack Obama the president of United States Of American It was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the loose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of the Country is now paying 1000 victims of this operators $1 million each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems, the payments are to be paid by Bank under funding According to the number of applicants at hand, 300 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have 700 left to be paid the compensations of $1 million each only.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in United Kingdom as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any person for any reason for whatsoever, the USA/FBI secret service is already on trace of the criminal. For more vital information, You will receive your compensations payments via a Debit Card or WIRE TRANSFERS only; I shall feed you with further information, once I hear from you.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Occupation:

Yours faithfully,

Mr.David Phills
Compensation Consultant
London,United Kingdom.
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