419 scam: "Nicholas Donald"<infodesk@herbs-cure.com> I wait anxiously for your 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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- nickdonald3000@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nicholas Donald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nickdonald3000@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 07:57:03 -0500
Subject: I wait anxiously for your reply.

3/5 RIDER HAGGARD
CLOSE, JO, BORG 15/05/2016: 12:00 PM
SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear Friend,

I am very sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Trade Center Chambers of Commerce directory here in South Africa. I only pray at this time that your address is still valid. Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.

By way of introducing, I am Mr. Nicholas Donald from South Africa, a rocket scientist by trade, I design space rockets for space exploration. Three months ago I lost my beloved Uncle {Wojtus} who succumbed to flesh-eating disease in Spanish. Just before he died he told me about a secret map to locate a Bank Auditor here in South Africa who will direct me to a sunken Spanish treasure where he deposited {$82.5 Million USD}. I was in Botswana designing space rockets before he died. I am now looking to fulfill his last dying wish to find a partner to assist me with needed information to locate the treasure estimated of {$82.5 Million USD}. The payment will be processed legally and successfully immediately we locate the sunken Spanish treasure. I have all the Documentation intact with me for security reasons, also it is hitch-free transaction. Contact me immediately for further details and mutual Relationship and we will decide together on how to disburse The funds and percentage
as well.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together before locating the sunken Spanish treasure. Please, if you are not interested delete this email and not hurt me, because I am that of my career and my family’s life at stake with this project. Although nothing ventured nothing gained, as they say, the taste of the pudding is in the diet, give this proposal serious and favorable consideration. I need your strong assurance that you will never,never let me down either now or in future. Accept the assurances of my highest consideration and respect while I wait anxiously for reply.

In Him,
Mr. Nicholas Donald, PhD.
Professor of Rocket Science
NASA South Africa.
nickdonald3000@gmail.com

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