419 scam: "Mr. David Campbell" <campbell@alkenet.com> YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED!!!.

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "trunk boxes" (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.
- david.campbell.private@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David Campbell" <campbell@alkenet.com>
Reply-To: david.campbell.private@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 02:20:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED!!!.

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Greetings Friend,

My name is Mr. David Campbell, I work in a managerial position in a
well-respected security company.

I am contacting you because of an urgent business transaction that I
want to do with a trusted foreigner, I got your email contact during my
search on the internet. On the 25th of November 2009, the sum of ($6.5
Million U.S Dollars) was deposited with my company, disguised as a
family heirloom in a two trunk boxes, this is not the only time that
corrupt government officials uses the services of my company to ship
their ill-gotten wealth abroad or secure it for future use.

I took exceptional note of this deposit because it was large and as the
man at the helm of affairs then, I got to know the man behind the
deposit, Late President Gnassingbe Eyadema who died on February 2011.The
reason for me contacting you is that; I checked and found out that the
deposit is still intact and nobody has asked for it, and I know that
nobody will ever ask for it, I am the only living soul who knows the
true identity of the depositor, no other person can retrieve the deposit
except the person can produce the codes combination which was given to
the depositor, the way we operate is that if the depositor wants to
retrieve his deposit, he will instruct the company in writing and give
his codes and if the manager confirms the code, the deposit will be
released at once to the person with proof of the deposit information.

If you accept to work with me, I will give you the instruction letter to
send to my company and also when the company asks for the codes, I will
give them to you.

Please if you are not interested in this business let me know so that I
can contact someone else.

Kindly send your response without any delay to my private email address
(david.campbell.private@gmail.com).

N.B
Your financial assistant will be needed.

My Best Regards.
Mr. David Campbell

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