419 scam: "Santander Bank Uk" <drchrisjones137@outlook.com> Hello friend,

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
- "dr.chris-jones@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Santander Bank Uk" <drchrisjones137@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <drchrisjones137@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:59:25 -0700
Subject: Hello friend,

Dr. Chris Jones
Operations/Regional Manager
Santander Bank Plc,
47-48 Piccadilly
PICCADILLY
W1J0DT
London United Kingdom

Hello friend,

I request your kind attention and understanding regarding my aim of e-mailing you today. My name is Dr. Chris Jones, from Harlesden North West London, Head of Accounting Audit Department and formal senior programmer manager at Deutsche bank, here in England (Santander Bank Plc). I also worked for the Newest Ministers Bank Plc.

I ask for your consideration to this transaction with utmost confidentiality. Being an Internal Auditor at the Bank, I discovered an account with a credit balance of (£21,500,000,00 - Twenty one million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) which belongs to one of the deceased (Late David Mc Dowell Brown) an American citizen of Arlington Virginia, who unfortunately lost his life on First February 2003 through the southern United States space shuttle Columbia, He died a single man.

As i have discussed with one of the Bank Senior Director, who choose to be anonymous because of his position at the Bank, We have at our disposal all the necessary details to claim these funds without any hitch. I only need your assistance as a foreigner to assume the beneficiary since my position as an Internal Auditor and the bank official does not permit us or any of our relatives to make this claim. So, I need you to stand as the “Foreign Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy in your name legally to avoid any suspicions.

(THIS FUND TRANSFER WILL BE TRANSFERED UNDER YOUR COUNTRY RULES AND REGULATIONS IN REMMITANCE OF FOREIGN FUND!) You are entitled to 40% of the entire sum for your efforts in this great deal, upon your consideration of my proposal, I request (Your full name, Contact address and your direct telephone/fax number) to enable us re-profile this fund (£21,500,000,00) in your name as the beneficiary, for bank approvals and fund transfers to your nominated bank accounts.

Also considering the level of discretion required for success of this project, I request your reply to my private E-mail: dr.chris-jones@outlook.com , I will furnish you with my contact details, telephone number upon your response.

Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply.

Kind regards,
Dr Jones Chris
Internal Auditor, Santander Bank Plc,

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