419 scam: " Nicholas Donald."<efcc1500authority@gmail.com> With best compliments,

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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:
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: " Nicholas Donald." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nickdonald3000@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019 17:05:11 -0700
Subject: With best compliments,

No 13 vs2,
Mandela Building,
Pretoria South Africa.
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Respected Partner,

Compliment of the season to you. I know you will grant my request in good fate and understanding. Please allow me to introduce myself, I am Mr. Nicholas Donald, the Chief Auditor and Head of Computer Department in South African Reserve Bank. However, Your information's were given to me by a member of the Unites State Export Promotion Council (U.S.E.P.C) on my trip to oversea for a bilateral conference talk with Unites State Financial Regulation Council. I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership. There is an account opened in this Bank in 2005 and since my inception into office on 2nd Jan 2011, I then found this account and when I investigated deeply by contacting the assigned next of kin, I also found that the next of kin to this account was an Indonesia citizen who lived in London for over 65Yrs and nobody has operated on this account again after 2005.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this project. I contacted you independently and no one is informed of this communication. I will use my position and influence to effect the legal approval and onward transfer of this fund into your account with appropriate clearance from foreign payment department.You will stand to get 40% while 60% will be for me.

Please Get back to me urgently for important discussion through my private email address...

Sincerely yours,

Mr. Nicholas Donald.

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