419 scam: "Anton Demidov"<smtp@gmail.com> FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Anton Demidov" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <antondemidov394@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:09:52 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Dear,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day.

My name is Mr. Anton Demidov, Manager of a Russian safe deposit company, I have been following things up in respect of this deposit and since 2009 nobody have come forward to put claim to it, we on our own have made many efforts to locate any member of his family to no avail and based on the contractual agreement he signed with us after Ten (7) years if the deposit is not claimed, it becomes company property, that is why am using this opportunity to seek for a partner to claim the fund before it becomes company property, the amount inside the safe deposit box is (€)7.500.000.00 (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand euros).

If you will be interested in this transaction do get back to me for more details, do include your private phone number for further discussions.

Expecting your urgent response

Yours Sincerely,

Anton Demidov

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