419 scam: "Mr George Gregson" <info@mail.com> Confidential Business Proposal!!!

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- mr.georgegregson5@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr George Gregson" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: mr.georgegregson5@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 08:23:20 -0700
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal!!!

Am George Gregson, Business Relations Manager for the Royal bank Of Scotland (RBS) in

Glasgow,Scoltland . I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased
client

with similar last name and an investment placed under our banks management.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email sent to you very

confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of
this mail.

I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.
In 2000, the subject matter, an American investor came to our bank to engage in business

discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial
portfolio

of $8.35 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf.
Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive
margins

for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point
at over

10 million United States Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed that the principal sum (8.
35M) be

liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in
London. We

got in touch with a specialist bank in United Kingdom, NatWest Bank Plc (NWB) London,
United

Kingdom who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available . However
NatWest

Bank Plc got in touch with us last year that this money has not been claimed. On further

enquiries we found out that the American investor was involved in an accident in
Mainland

Scotland, which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the reason I am
writing you

is because you share the same last name.
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the

beneficiary of these funds. NatWest Bank Plc will contact you informing you that money
has been

willed to you. On verification, which will be the details I make available to Royal Bank
Of

Scotland(RBS) and NatWest Bank Plc (NWB) will be instructed to make payments to you
after all

the necessary verification and application is done. You do not have to have known the
American

investor. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all
your

troubles I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle this happens
every

time. The other option is that the money will revert back to the state.
This is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a British
National

we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep
communication for

now strictly by the below email address.

I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches
never come

easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private
banking

clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly
on this.

Please get back to me immediately via the below email address.

I await your response
Mr George Gregson
mr.georgegregson5@gmail.com

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