419 scam: "Mr.David Adams"<david20122012adams@gmail.com> From Mr.David Adams(NEXT OF KIN/FOREIGN INVESTOR VALUED US$ 42,300 000:00 )

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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:
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +27780584002 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- envestment2011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.David Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <envestment2011@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 23:54:08 +0200
Subject: From Mr.David Adams(NEXT OF KIN/FOREIGN INVESTOR VALUED US$ 42,300 000:00 )

NEXT OF KIN/FOREIGN INVESTOR

This message comes to you with a heart of high level confidentiality. I got your contact from web and current affairs personality data base and my spirit convinced me to contact you.

I am Mr.David Adams, The Auditor General of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. (ABSA) I have decided to contact you through this medium based on a business proposal which will be of mutual benefit to both of us. However, I got your contact through a BUSINESS TRADE MANUAL in South African Chamber Of Commerce in my search for a foreign business partner whom I will transfer this fund in his personal or company's account.

During the annual bank auditing, i discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 42,300 000:00 (FORTY TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY) in an account that belong to one of our foreign customers (Willie Jackson Sr.) 61 years, of Scotch Plains, N.J. USA lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999. View this website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm ) .Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money, because we cannot release it unless somebody apply for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, nobody has come forward to claim this money. It is based on this, that some officials in my department and I have decided to establish a cordial business relationship with you, hence my contacting you. If you indicate interest in this transaction I will let you know they steps to take for a smooth transaction for the approval of this fund from the Bank in your favor into your bank account in where in world under 3-6 working days.

The mode of sharing after the transfer of the money into your nominated bank account will be as follows: 65% for me and , 30% will be given to you for your assistance and 5% will be mapped out to offset expenses during the course of the transaction. In receipt of this mail, call me immediately via the above phone or email and kindly send me your private telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please treat this business proposal STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
Re: to envestment2011@gmail.com

Hoping to hear from you soon.

I await your response.

Mr.David Adams.

Ph: +27 78 058 4002.

N.B,PLEASE I WANT YOU TO ACCEPT THIS IF ONLY YOU PROMISED ME TO KEEP IT TO YOUR SELF UNTIL YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.PLEASE NEVER YOU CONTACT ME ON OUR OFFICIAL EMAIL OR WEBSITE IF I FIND OUT I WILL NEVER DEAL WITH YOU TAKE NOTE OF IT.

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