419 scam: David Craig <davidcraig022@yahoo.com.ph> Hello

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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:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: David Craig <davidcraig022@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: David Craig <davidcraig011@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:24:45 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Hello

Hello,

Please do accept to partner with me on this urgent proposal. I got your contact through a private search on a directory.

I am David Craig, the Private Client Senior Manager from Birmingham office of Brown Shipley Bank London, UK. The reason for this email is to seek your partnership for a business transaction that will give us a great opportunity of being in possession of an unclaimed sum of $12.5M (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States of America Dollars), an investment deposit that belongs to our late foreign Customer, Dr. George Graham.

The reason for contacting you came as a result of the need to present a foreigner as a beneficiary to the fund since our bank has not seen any of the relatives that came up to claim this fund, and also for the fact that the board has resolved to allow this fund to be confiscated by the British Government. I will provide you with all the necessary information and documents from the involved authorities to legally back up the claim, so that this $12.5M will be transferred to your nominated account.

If this proposal satisfies your interest, then get back to me with the below information:Full names,Contact Address, Mobile/Phone Number,Sex, and Age.

I await your urgent response.

Kind regards,
Mr. David Craig

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