419 scam: "GW DEMPSTER" <dr.gwdempster@nedbank.org> Read And Get Back To Me....

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "GW DEMPSTER" <dr.gwdempster@nedbank.org>
Reply-To: <richardsmith02@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:54:14 -0700
Subject: Read And Get Back To Me....

ATTENTION:

It is my second time of sending you this email and I have decided to stop and look for a new partner if I do not hear back from you after this very email. I am Dr.GW DEMPSTER, the Chief operating Officer (Ned Bank) . Actually you can know more about me in my Bank website. I have urgent and very confidential business proposal for you. An American Gold consultant/contractor with the South African Solid Gold Corporation, Mr. Stephen Phillips made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for forty eight months of four years, valued at US$30,500,000 {Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars} in my branch of the bank. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the South African Solid Gold Corporation that Mr. Stephen died in a plane crash in Alaska Airlines Flight 261. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and a
ll attempts to trace his next of

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 35% for you. Then 5% will be mapped out for any expenses that may occur during this transaction. There is no risk at all, as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Chief Financial Officer grantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately to my email.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

YOURS TRULY,

DR.GW DEMPSTER

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