419 scam: "Dr. Harris Thompson" <harris.thompson_investec@onet.eu> From :Dr.Harris Thompson

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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:
- "hundred thousand great british pounds" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- harristhompson10@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Harris Thompson" <harris.thompson_investec@onet.eu>
Reply-To: harristhompson10@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2018 05:23:22 +0100
Subject: From :Dr.Harris Thompson

Compliments of the day, I am contacting you for a mutual beneficial
business with believe you will not betray me at the end. I am Dr.Harris
Thompson; Statistics Admin Manager, 2 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7QP
Investec Bank plc, here in England. During the recent audition of bank
accounts and services of our bank; I discovered a non-resident bank
account which have not been operated for a long time. After a discrete
inquiry, I found out that the owner of this account was a United States
citizen Mr. David Anderson, a business man who died with his family in
Atlasjet Flight 4203 crash On November 30, 2007. Until now, nobody knows
about his bank account with Investec Bank. This account holds
(17,500,000.00 GBP) Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Great British
Pounds Sterling only.

I contact you as a foreigner; in order to arrange with you for the
transfer of this money out from the account, before our next audition of
bank accounts because If the bank management find out that this account
has been latent for these long, it will be frozen and the money will be
returned to the bank treasury, as unclaimed public funds. Therefore I want
you to stand as the "Foreign Beneficiary". I need your full co-operation
to make this transaction work out perfectly because the bank management is
ready to approve the immediate payment to whoever that would be presented
as the beneficiary to this money. A perfect transfer strategy will be put
in place in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims.

With my positions and influence here in the bank; this money will be
re-profiled to your favor and transferred to any overseas bank account/s
you will nominate, but with an assurance from you that this money will
remain safe in your custody pending my arrival to join you for securing my
share. For your involvement in this deal, you will receive 35% of the
total amount. Kindly consider this offer immediately and send me your
information as follows;

1, Your Full Names,
2, your Contact address/country of residence,
3, your direct Mobile phone Number
4, your date of Birth
5, Your Occupation

To my private email account: harristhompson10@gmail.com to start
re-profiling of the fund in your name as the heir beneficiary. I will
count on your sense of secrecy and confidentiality, in order to avoid
risky exposure, considering the sensitivity and magnitude of this project.

I am anxiously looking forward to your urgent response, so we can start off.

Best Regards,

Dr.Harris Thompson
Statistics Admin Manager,
Investec Bank Plc.

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