419 scam: "Santander Bank UK" <santanderonline@uk2.net> please reply

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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)
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447024098040 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Santander Bank UK" <santanderonline@uk2.net>
Reply-To: rickybrowncorg@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:39:08 +0100
Subject: please reply

Dr. Rick Brown
Operations/Regional Manager
Santander Bank Plc,
47-48 Piccadilly
PICCADILLY
W1J0DT
London United Kingdom
Tell: +44 702 4098040

Dear friend,
My name is Dr Rick Brown, from Harlesden North West England, formal senior programmer manager at Deutsche bank, a trusted adviser for over 20 year and presently the Operations/Regional Manager Branch Manager Santander Bank London, here in Santander. I worked for the Newest Ministers Bank Plc.

I am writing you following a deal in my office that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the Operations/Regional Manager Branch Manager Santander Bank Plc. I discovered an abandoned sum of £21,500,000,00 British Pounds (Twenty one million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late David McDowell Brown an American citizen of Arlington Virginia, who unfortunately lost his life on first February 2003 through the southern United States space shuttle Columbia, He died as single man.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives for 5 years, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account value at £21,500,000,00 British Pounds can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentage, 50% to me and 40% to you while 10% is for any expenses incurred during the transaction while i have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup this claims we are making.

All I need is to fill in your names to the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary. Also I will appreciate your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and absolute Trust no doubt, to enable us see this transaction through. I also guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of LAW.
If you will stand as inheritor of this claim, i shall process claim in your name. I only require you send your valid identification details and i shall authenticate the claim in your name.

Please, Provide me with the following as we have 5 days to run it through.

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number
3. Your Contact Address
4. Occupation/Job

Please reply so i send to you the bank form to fill immediately.

Respectfully yours,

Dr. Ricky Brown
Tel: +44 702 4098040

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