419 scam: "Mr. David L Roberts" <david_roberts111@yahoo.co.uk> Warmest Regards

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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 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- david.rb111@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. David L Roberts" <david_roberts111@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: d.roberts221@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 13:45:55 -0300
Subject: Warmest Regards

From: Mr. David L Roberts
Chief Executive Director,
Lloyds Banking Group plc,

Re Compliment,

My name is Mr. David L Roberts. I am writing to seek your co-operation
over this business proposal, Am the Chief Executive Director with a
well-known bank here in United Kingdom. First I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue as being utterly
confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried. My contacting you is
based on a secret discovery of a dormant account with a total sum of
USD85,000,000.00 [EIGHTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS] during our Bank's Annual
Year Account Auditing. It will be in my interest to work and finish this
transaction with you. If you can be a collaborator to this transaction,
the banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after three years, the money will be transferred into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed fund.

Most importantly, you will be required to:
(1). Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
(2). Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.

Please indicate your positive interest immediately for us to proceed if
not please ignore,Remember this is absolutely confidential because my Bank
does not know about it. Get back to me For more details through my private
email box: david.rb111@hotmail.com

Thanks for Your Cooperation.

Warmest Regards,
Mr. David L Roberts
Lloyds Banking Group plc

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