419 scam: "Dr. Gary E. Hamilton" <laurbocq@gmail.com> (no subject)

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Gary E. Hamilton" <laurbocq@gmail.com>
Date:
Subject:

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DobrÃ½ den,

Jmenuji se Dr. Gary Hamilton, prÃ¡vnÃk SpojenÃ½ch stÃ¡tÅ¯. JiÅ¾ dÅ™Ãve jsem
vÃ¡m poslal zprÃ¡vu tÃ½kajÃcÃ se transakce v hodnotÄ› dvaceti milionÅ¯
americkÃ½ch dolarÅ¯ (20 000 000,00 USD), kterou zanechal mÅ¯j zesnulÃ½
klient pÅ™ed svou tragickou smrtÃ. Kontaktuji VÃ¡s jeÅ¡tÄ› jednou, protoÅ¾e
po projitÃ VaÅ¡eho profilu pevnÄ› vÄ›Å™Ãm, Å¾e budete v lepÅ¡Ã pozici pro
provedenÃ tÃ©to obchodnÃ transakce se mnou. ProsÃm, pokud mÃ¡te zÃ¡jem,
rÃ¡d bych zdÅ¯raznil, Å¾e po transakci chci, aby 10% z tÄ›chto penÄ›z bylo
vÄ›novÃ¡no charitativnÃm organizacÃm, zatÃmco zbÃ½vajÃcÃch 90% bude
rozdÄ›leno rovnÃ½m dÃlem obÄ›ma
nÃ¡s. Tato transakce je 100% bez rizika; ProsÃm, odpovÄ›zte mi co nejdÅ™Ãve
moÅ¾nÃ© podrobnÄ›jÅ¡Ã informace.

Zde je mÅ¯j e-mail: redacted@domain.name

S Ãºctou
Dr. Gary Hamilton
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Good day to you,

My name is Dr. Gary Hamilton, a United State lawyer. I have previously
sent you a message regarding a transaction worth Twenty Million US
Dollars (US$20,000,000.00) left by my late client before his tragic
death.I am contacting you once again because after going through your
profile, I strongly believe that you will be in a better position to
execute this business transaction with me. Please if you are
interested, I wish to point out that after the transaction I want 10%
of this money to be donated among charity organizations while the
remaining 90% will be shared equal by the both
of us.This transaction is 100% risk free; please respond to me as soon as
possible for more detailed information.

Here is my email: redacted@domain.name

Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Gary Hamilton

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