419 scam: "Mr. Daniel Smith"<d_smithee@cantonfair-bulletin.com> FUND RECOVERY (Contact mr.danielsmithsnr@gmail.com)

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- +2348089837924 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Daniel Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.danielsmithsnr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 18:48:43 +0300
Subject: FUND RECOVERY (Contact mr.danielsmithsnr@gmail.com)

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
>From the desk of: Mr. Mr. Daniel Smith.
The Vice Chairman,
International Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force,
For African Region 2014.

Dear Beneficiary,

My name is Mr. Mr. Daniel Smith . I'm the vice Chairman of the International
Investigations and Anti Fraud Task Force, For African Region 2014. Sir, we the
entire delegates of the above office flew into Lagos city of Nigeria recently
because of numerous complaints filed against Nigerian government on their
inability to pay foreign beneficiaries

Inheritance, Contracts and Compensatory funds into their respective banks
accounts even after they must have collected all required transfer fees from
these foreign beneficiaries.

This is the reason why we were mandated by the United Nations (US) and the
international Monetary Fund (IMF) to fly into West Africa and rectify these
problems by making sure foreign beneficiaries receive their long over due funds

fund without making further upfront payment(s). From the time we came into
Nigeria, we have been able to repatriate some funds that was wrongly diverted
into different bank accounts abroad by the bad eggs in the Nigerian banks and
ministries. Further more ,from your file here on my table I\'m so surprised that
you have
not received your payment up till

this moment as from what I saw in your file, you have complied with all the
transfer documents that shows and proved your legitimacy as the beneficiary of
this fund. We signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigerian govt to pay
off all certified foreign beneficiaries from our own liquidity (Available Funds)
in our UN / EU

controlled bank in UK, and we will debit the Nigerian government and recover our
money from same through their crude oil.

Finally, Are you still alive and healthy? If you are still alive, you are
required to immediately respond to this mail, so that we will send to you our
payment transfer form to fill in correctly in other to receive your fund in

your choice bank account.

Regards.
Mr. Daniel Smith.
Vice Chairman,
Anti-fraud Intl.,
Presently in Lagos Nigeria, West Africa.
+2348089837924

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