419 scam: <MTransaction@stanford.edu> [Monetary Transaction]

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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:
- "taslimudoker@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <taslimudoker@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:35:25 +0100
Subject: [Monetary Transaction]

Good day,
Firstly, I want to assure you of my sincerity of purpose and not to view the content of my business proposal to you as casual.My family have some funds in a bank in Europe and the banker who formerly handled this account had an issue with the authorities. He was taken in for questioning by authorities for investigations into alleged tax evasion by some clients, which I happen to be one of them. Subsequent to his release, he was removed from his position by the bank management based on
speculations that he may have divulged information to the authorities against the bank’s code of conduct. As it happens, he privately informed me that the only way to secure his release was for him to compromise the banks code of conduct. He disclosed information about most of the accounts to the authorities, which were eventually frozen. He however managed to conceal the existence of other accounts including mine. These fund have been concealed in special escrow dormant holdings, in a special arrangement with a financial holding company in Europe to avoid tracing the funds back to this gentleman or the original bank.
I will give you more detail once I receive a favorable reply from you.Please reply via my private email:taslimudoker@outlook.com

Yours Sincerely,

Taslim Uddin khondoker

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