419 scam: "Dr. John Parker" <g.managerg@hotmail.com> Urgent Attention Needed

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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)
- "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)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. John Parker" <g.managerg@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <drjohnparker51@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 15:21:15 +0000
Subject: Urgent Attention Needed

Dear Friend ,

I would like to seek your help in a
business transaction; I am Dr. John Parker, I'm a British citizen. I
work with a bank as Director of Bills and Foreign Exchange.

Here
in our bank there is an existing dormant account for the past 9 years
which belong to a late customer who died on Egypt Air
Flight 990.

I have contacted you to assist me in this business transaction because you bear the same last name with our late customer.

When I discovered that there had been no deposits or
withdrawals from this account for this long period, I decided to carry
out a system investigation and discovered that, none of his family
member or relation is aware of this account.

Now, I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer the money into, that is why I contacted you.

Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful
network

and for the past eleven months, I have worked out everything to ensure a
hitch-free operation. The amount is so much at the moment and plus all
the accumulated Interest the balance in this account stand at
US25,700.000 Million dollars (TWENTY FIVE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS).

If you can cooperate
with me in this transfer, consider this and get back to me as soon as
possible. Finally, it is my humble prayer that the information as
contained herein been accorded the necessary attention. PLEASE DROP YOUR
TELEPHONE NUMBER TO ENABLE ME CALL YOU.

Best Regards,
Dr. John Parker.

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