419 scam: "Dr. Lewis Alberto"<cheerishever@yahoo.com> Interest to partner with you

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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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- debtservicesupervisor@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Lewis Alberto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <debtservicesupervisor@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 19:27:31 +0100
Subject: Interest to partner with you

Sir, I have done a lot of research about you through your country’s embassy and I was told you are reliable and trust worthy before I have an interest to partner with you.
My name is Dr. Lewis Alberto, I am an accountant with HSBC London, also in-charge debt service supervisor department, I ran into a dormant account with huge amount of Thirty six Million, five Thousand United States dollars(USD$36.5M). Upon my investigation, I find out the owner of the account/fund died in Auto accident along with his family both wife and children that suppose to stand as next of kin to the account.
With my position, I can transfer this said amount into your nominated bank account as a business partnership arrangement if you accept my proposal, when the business financed with the said above amount grows we returned the said amount back to the owners account and we will continue with the makes profit.
If you are interested on my proposal, please indicate I will direct you all the step for a successful transaction.
I will take 60%, 30% for you, 10% for all the expenses on the process of this transaction.

Thanks for co-operations, I hope to hear from you soonest.

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Lewis Alberto
email: debtservicesupervisor@gmail.com

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