419 scam: Graham Douglas <office0a14@televc.base.pk> ASSET BUILDING & INVESTMENT LETTER

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- grhdouglas@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Graham Douglas <office0a14@televc.base.pk>
Reply-To: <grhdouglas2k@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 06:30:04 -0800
Subject: ASSET BUILDING & INVESTMENT LETTER

Attention: Sir/madam

We are Payment Advisory Group in United Kingdom that focus on management and restructuring of third world and emerging countries multi currency debt as their financial advisers and debt management consultant thus some of our clients are resource rich African countries such as Angola and South Sudan.

Recently, the Government of Angola an oil rich African country with Brent crude sale output of over One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Barrels (1,800,000) per day, engaged the services of our company (of which I was in charge) to re-evaluate the operation of the National Petroleum Company SONANGOL. We discovered several diversion of funds and inflation of payments resulting from the sale of Brent crude to fund construction of an oil refinery to the sum of Two Billion U.S. Dollars (US$2,000,000,000.00) over the last three and half years.

We did also recover on behalf of the Government of Angola the sum of Three Billion Two Hundred Million U.S. Dollars (US$3,200,000,000.00). We were advised to pay all legitimate claims due to befitting companies who have executed project with specified Angolan Corporation subject to requisite approvals and clearance from a nominated due diligence ad-visor here in London.

We have set aside from the recovered amount the sum of US$20,000,000.00 which I intend to transfer to your country by including the name of your company as one of the receiver to be paid. In view of the above, we propose to transfer the sum of US$20,000,000.00 to you to hold on trust for me and my colleagues subject to prospective partnership investment.

In order to initiate this operation you are required to assure me of transparency first of all and then send your complete details including your full names, company name, home address, your private email address, direct mobile phone. Be aware this is no risk operation as all I need is your utmost sincerity.

I look forward to your earliest reply to: grhdouglas@consultant.com.

Yours Sincerely,
Graham Douglas

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