419 scam: Dean Martins <mdwvvb123@gmail.com> Business Investment

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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.
- +447045767680 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- mmdval@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dean Martins <mdwvvb123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mmdval@mynet.com
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 06:09:38 +0100
Subject: Business Investment

/Good evening to you,/

/How are you doing today? I sentthis letter to you previously, but I did no=
t get any response from you, and I am sending it once more hoping it gets t=
o you this time around. I apologize for the necessity to write you and to b=
ecome maybe bothersome, but I believe in your ability to prosecute a projec=
t of great enormity, please note this is not connected with any deceptive i=
ntention as you may have imagine. I have a very lucrative project that I wo=
uld want you and I to execute immediately. There is a quiescent account in =
my institution here in England. This very account is attached to a client o=
f mine Mr. Albert J. Stanley, a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KBR=
Inc, who is currently in confinement as a result of his involvement in ind=
ucement scandal. For more details about Mr. Albert Stanley, kindly visit th=
e news link below,/

/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-kbr-chief-gets-30-months-for-nigeria-briber=
y//

/However,prior to his reformatory center, Mr. Albert, told me to look for a=
foreign business partner out side England who would help him to receive an=
d invest his funds amounting to Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Pounds=
(7.5MGBP) with our institution into his/her bank account for an investment=
orientation pending his release from the penitentiary. Mr. Stanley want hi=
s funds with the Finance Bank to be transferred into a safety place for inv=
estment purpose to avoid the Big Society Capital here in UK and Europe in g=
eneral. If your interested, then I want to inform you that this exercise is=
very simple, direct, and has no encumbrance attached for whatsoever. On th=
e other hand, should I have your full consent to participate in the project=
, I am going to provide you with all the necessary information about the pr=
oject, these includes an authorization letter from Mr. Albert Stanley depos=
it certificate and a Memorandum of understanding to bring us together for t=
he business, you will be rewarded with 20% of the total funds for your co-o=
peration while the remaining 80% will go into investment under your care/

/Forus to proceed, kindly send your full personal information including add=
ress, direct telephone, fax number this is to enable me to prepare the memo=
randum of understanding MOU. Please if you have any question, do not hesita=
te to inform me for further clarification private email: mmdval@mynet.com/

/I will be waiting to hear from you./

/Regards,/

/Dean Martins/
/Tel: +447045767680/
/mmdval@mynet.com/

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