419 scam: "charlesgrey"<charlesgrey33@londonmail.com> RE:- GREAT OFFER

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "charlesgrey@londonmail.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: "charlesgrey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charlesgrey@londonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:21:30 +0100
Subject: RE:- GREAT OFFER

Dear Sir,

I am a registered Financial Security Agent of the FSA (Financial Services Authority) in the UK, attached to the department of Treasury. Arising from the Continuous Admittance of New Counties/Member into the merging EU (European Community is a recent directive from the Bank of England that all dormant account be redirected into Government archives. I have been in charge of a particular Dormant/Suspense account which no one from my very professional investigation using the extensive data protection database.

This bond has been in a dormant state since 2004 and the department has
been changing custodian of the bonds for the past three (3) years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6470163.stm What is needed at this stage is to find a very reliable, confidential and responsible friend who would assist me in the claims of these bonds without it reverting to the state. In this case, I would initiate a systematic transfer of the said bonds into a Dedicated Account opened in your name or company name, whichever you find most appropriate. I would therefore need your response in order to grant you access to the detailed facts and figures of the bond. I have been able to contact you based on information retrieved from the credit reference database attached to my institution. I will be most willing to go into partnership with you to see this project completed in earnest. I assure you that there would be no issues to your name or person. All you would be required to do is to open an offshore account for this purpose.

I hope you understand why I cannot disclose exclusive data to you at this stage. Do kindly respond to me via my email address below or my fax number. Upon this, I would be able to send you more details regarding this project. If I do not hear from you in the next few days, I would assume you are not interested but if you are, do also provide a phone/fax numbers you
could be reached on. I look forward to an excellent business relationship with you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Charles Grey.
Financial Service Authority (FSA).
Email: charlesgrey@londonmail.com
participatory financial proposal

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