419 scam: "August Davi"<admin@jkservis.net> Good day Sir

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (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: "August Davi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@davidconsultsplc.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 22:57:37 +0200
Subject: Good day Sir

My Name is Augusto David,an investment consultant, I am making this contact to you on behalf of my client a politician who served in Angolan government has mandated me to seek out an astute investment fund manager from, Europe and the United States respectively, with vast knowledge in the management of investible funds totaling US$550M USD which he siphoned overseas and currently lodged in escrow account with a prime bank overseas.
I have been assigned to keep this transaction secret and as well ensure that the would be investment manager would as well be brought into the full picture of observing absolute secrecy and utmost confidentiality in the protection of the politician who would not want his name mention for now.

In addition, the investment manager would be given full authorization to invest the funds on behalf of the investor without any form of involvement from the investor until he ends his tenure, but to function strictly with the investor's financial manager directly.

The Investor who has just left the executive cabinet of the Angola Government, is willing after being convinced of the investment manager capability and ability to manage the investment funds would legally transfer the full ownership of the investment funds into the custody of the investment manager after the investment manager and his financial manager must have sited the funds with the holding prime bank overseas.
I await your favorable reply

Kind regards,
Mr. Augusto David

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