419 scam: "Richard Bright" <rbright213@aol.com> GREETINGS FROM RICHARD BRIGHT

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- rbright213@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Bright" <rbright213@aol.com>
Reply-To: <rbright213@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:59:00 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS FROM RICHARD BRIGHT

Dear Friend,

Greetings,

I am sorry for using this medium of communication in contacting you, but be informed that it is based on the urgent nature of this deal that I am about to present to you now for your consideration.

First, it will be my great pleasure to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Richard Bright, native of United Kingdom and the executive fund Manager with Safeway Financial Services,BD15ZG,Bradford,UK. I handle all our Investors Capital Project Funds. I was able to divert 1.2% investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Safeway Trust Funds Account whereby I can easily present anyone of my choice to claim the funds. On this note, the total sum of 5.745Milion GBP has been diverted representing the 1.2% Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investors Capital Project Funds for 2005/2006.And this said funds has been moved to a Security and Finance firm account in Asia.I need a reliable and trustworthy person that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above.

There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be detected or traced.Our sharing ratio is 70:30. If you are interested, kindly reply back to my private email-(rbright213@gmail.com) to enable me provide you with in further details on how we shall proceed to realize the transaction.Please if you are not interested don't use this form to betray me.

Sincerely,
Mr. Richard Bright.

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