419 scam: "David Gledhill"<alessandro.zollo@i-csr.it> BUSINESS INTEREST

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "David Gledhill" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimmyng67@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 05:26:48 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS INTEREST

I am Mr. David Gledhill, the chief information officer in the Development Bank of Singapore, just retired. Due to family issue I lost everything Assets/Savings to my wife when I faced a divorce case from her. Presently I am in impoverish situation making life difficult for me at this age.

Nevertheless, I am not here trying to write about my family problem instead draw your attention towards a business plan which I believe will benefit both of us greatly. While I was still in DBS, there was a particular fund, US$50M abandoned in the bank escrow account deposited by late Mr. Nursret Mahmood Syed, a Pakistani man. I have every information which we can use to claim the fund without any problem; by applying Inheritance Claim procedure according to the Intestacy policy of Singapore. It will be done on the platform that you will legally be recognized as the next-of-kin and legitimate beneficiary of the fund.

With my present financial challenge in considering the magnitude of the business, I cannot handle it alone, so I need a trusted foreign partner capable enough to perfect the deal successfully. If you would be interested, do get back to me and talk about the sharing ratio and other terms.

Await your response.

David Gledhill

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