419 scam: "Mrs. Grace Alberto"<galberto178@yahoo.co.uk> FOREIGN INVESTOR

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- galberto178@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- grace alberto administrative manager madrid spain galberto178@yahoo.co.uk dear sir/madam, i am glad to take the chance to introduce my (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Grace Alberto" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jalberto122@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:59:14 -0800
Subject: FOREIGN INVESTOR

Mrs Grace Alberto
Administrative manager
Madrid Spain
galberto178@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am glad to take the chance to introduce my self to you. I am
Mrs. Grace Alberto, the Administrative Manager at financial and
security vault of Institute here in Madrid.

I am contacting you based on a financial opportunity I discovered
here in our Bank. It's about an abandoned sum of $12.5M United
States Dollars only, that belongs to one of our foreign investor,
a citizen of your country that shares the same surname with you
who died along with his entire family by car accident in a town on
the Belgian border with France on December 20th 2009, a German
tourist bus smashed into a concrete highway barrier and burst into
flames in Hensies that killing 11 and injured 37 others. Since then
I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of
my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I got your contact from
chambers of commerce search while I was searching for any member
of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist
in repatriating the funds valued at $12.5M United States Dollars left
behind by my deceased client before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the Spanish Government due to the Economics
crisishere in the country.

For more details contact me on my husband's private email:
jalberto122@aol.com for security reasons, because I have ONLY
discussed this deal with my husband, for time difference and
confidential reasons. Have a happy day and thank you while
I look forward to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,
Mrs. Grace Alberto

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