419 scam: "Sir Dennis Simons"<industrial12@unionrebit.com.br> Treat with utmost confidentiality.

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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.
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.
- +4407917988916
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.
- cds44019@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir Dennis Simons" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cds44019@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 07:53:00 -0700
Subject: Treat with utmost confidentiality.

Heathrow Airport Limited
The Compass Centre
Nelson Road
Hounslow
Middlesex
TW6 2GW
Terminal directions and postcodes

As the Senior Service Manager of Heathrow Airport Compass Centre, i hereby offering you urgent confidential mutual benefit; recently we trapped some luggage from Asia which does not have terminal passcodes as the sender intended to bypass the international delivery code of conduct on the shipment of valuable items. After series of arrival verification the sender was nowhere to be found hence we decided to crosscheck the luggage through X-ray Terminal FC and the Ultra Scan Report confirm funds fully loaded in the luggage which worth USD11.5M$ and we kept the luggage confidently for complete two months before making this contact to you alone. Therefore, we hope and believe you will handle this issue confidently as we intend to file your name as the rightful receiver of the luggage, hence every shipment approval and terminal pass-code will be issued to protect the luggage directly to your doorstep because it is our field which we shall handle perfectly.

Lastly, we seek your humane cooperation to handle everything accordingly so as to avoid suspects during the final delivery to your doorstep, also we strongly believe that you will not sit on our share when the luggage is confirmed in your hands because it is good to be good especially to those that believe in you. The sharing pattern as deliberated with my beloved colleagues are; 30% for the Senior Service Manager which is me, 25% for the receiver of the luggage which is you, while the remaining 45% will be shared among my three colleagues involved in this confidential great prosperous opportunity. We look forward to receive your complete personal details such as; your full name, your direct phone number that we can reach you at all time, also provide your complete home address because delivery must be made to your doorstep, and attach copies of your international passport including drivers license for genuine confirmation of your personality.

We anticipate your positive reply with the above required information completely to file the shipment in your favor with official terminal passcodes, we congratulate you greatly for involving in this life time prosperous heavenly ordained opportunity.

Respectfully,

Sir Dennis Simons
Senior Service Manager
Heathrow Airport Compass Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)791 7988916
Private e-mail: cds44019@gmail.com

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