419 scam: "Charles Foster"<proposalrequest0@gmail.com> TNJKWJCGDR

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447024060215 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Foster" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <courier.express99@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 04:48:03 -0800
Subject: TNJKWJCGDR

Good Day,

I am the Account & Audit Manager of our bank. I want to transfer an abandon

excess fund in a dollar account.

I discovered this fund during our auditing for the year, The fund was deposited

in a dollar account for the past 10 years ago without any one for the claim.

I started my investigation by sourcing for the recipient of owner of the fund, all

efforts proved abortive. I now seek to myself that similar case like this issue has

occurred in the past, whereby our General Manager of our branch claim ownership

of the fund by making use of the fund for personally interest.

After much conclusion, l decided to contact you for assistance, to front you for the claim

of the fund, for the main fact that, the account name bear the same last name with you.

I need your help and also i will like to invest part of my share in real estates and setting up

a lucrative profit investment purpose in your country in a sharing profit ratio of 60-40.

Thanks, and hoping to hear from you,

Charles Foster.

T: + 44 702 406 0215

E: charles.foster@ibibo.com

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