419 scam: Richard Donald <deneys.james@gmail.com> Re

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Richard Donald <deneys.james@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officie14m@daum.net
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 14:04:20 +0100
Subject: Re

Hello,

Firstly, I must solicit your confidence in this project; is obvious we
donâ€™t know each other yet, but we don't know why nature is crossing our
path today, Meeting new people in our daily lives is a never-ending circle.
It may be very difficult for you to comprehend, due to the high volume of
unsolicited emails that goes around the globe through this means it is
difficult to distinguish the genuine one and fake..

Therefore, I will appreciate it, if you honor it and give me all your trust
and full co-operation. I am Mr. Richard Donald, financial consultant with a
private finance and investment firm, The firm has facilitated a lot of
transactions for very high profile clients at home and abroad.

A late client of mine mandated me to seek for a foreign partner who can
help on transferring or fund out and also advice on possible investment
before he died on Monday, December 23, 2002 in the Ukrainian An-140
Aircraft Crash.

I humbly ask for your assistance in securing this fund into your company's
account or private account to avoid being seized by our government. The
total sum is US$17.8M and you will gladly compensate you with 30% after
the deal is done while 10% for the Poor and Orphans.This is a TWO-MAN
business deal transaction. I got your contact through an internet business
journal when I was making a research on a foreigner who will liaise with
me in this great opportunity, should you consider this proposition
willingness to do, please send your details for further directive.

Please note; what drives my interest here is NOT GREED rather it would make
no sense to allow this huge amount of money to go to waste when we can take
advantage of the situation, and honestly if we don't do this; it will still
end up in private pockets of corrupt people in government.

Should you consider this proposition willingness to do so? Send your
response to :[ officie15m@daum.net]

Best regards
Mr. Richard Donald

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