419 scam: "Mr. David"<xtykenwig@hotmail.com> Have You Seen This?

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- +447924555755

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nwadicharles@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 09:30:37 -0600
Subject: Have You Seen This?

Dear friend,

I write you regarding a business venture which I would like you to partner with me so that we can make the investment in your country. My name is David Adams and I reside at 3 The Ave St Paul's Cray, Orpington BR5 3DL, UK here in London, United Kingdom. It is not that I operate any company, but I am planning to retire so that I can go into private business. This is the reason I came to you now so that with your assistance, you can look for any lucrative business where this fund can be put into.

There is a certain amount of money I wanted to bring into your country for investment. This fund was realized from a contract that was awarded by my Ministry and which I happens to have supervised. I and one of my colleagues decided to add up some amount of money into the main amount of the contract awarded to an American construction company. The total money we were able to add to the actual contract value was US$18.650m. When the contract was completed, the main contractor was paid his full money, but the money we added is what we want to bring into your country for investment with your own help.

Now we contacted you because we needed a business person like you to move out this fund out of our country to your own. If we did not engage your partnership, there is no way we can have access to the fund because we have already stated that the money belongs to a sub-contractor, and the fund is lying in government account awaiting to be paid out to the Sub-contractor. So we want to bring you in as the sub-contractor so that this US$18.650m can be paid to you. We will get every documents that will serve as proof of the claim and facilitate easy transfer of the fund to your account.
So if you agree to work with us, then we shall proceed and finalize this transaction within 7 working days.

I shall wait to hear from you.

David.
Tel: +447924555755

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