419 scam: "Dr Muhammad M.Nathaniel"<nathmuh2014@gmail.com> Attn I am a citizen of United State's of America

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- +447045750435 (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.
- muhammadnathaniel@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Muhammad M.Nathaniel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nathmuh2014@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 23:18:29 +0100
Subject: Attn I am a citizen of United State's of America

Attn Sir,

My name is Muhammad Nathaniel I am a citizen of United State's of America and the former chief accountant of SPDC Corporation, a multinational oil corporation operating from London-England, UK,were i am based.

I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of ( Fifteen Million United States Dollars) This money was acquired from an over invoice of an oil contract done in Saudi Arabia,the total sum for the contract was $520,000,000.00,but as the former chief accountant with one of my colluege Mr James E. Bennett who is now late I was able to over invoiced the contract with an additional $15M, my reason for this is because I have been cheated out of my entitlements before i retired by this company for too long simply because I am not a British Citizen,right now the $15M is well secured with Safe Deposit House here in London.

The Deposited Funds is well placed in a security Box in this security Company safe Vault,I am seeking your assistance to stand as the beneficiary to receive this Funds which I want to invest once I return back,I have the deposit documents with me,all we need to do is to change the beneficiary status of this deposit to your name and have it delivered to your home.

I am ready to give you 30% of the total sum if you are ready to partner with me,there is no risk involved as the box will only need your involvement to claim or stand as the beneficiary.

Please, I need your urgent response before my plans to leave the company as one of the directors is discovered.Please if you are not willing and interested in helping me kindly delete this e-mail from your computer and pretend you never got it.

Best regards,
Dr Muhammad M.Nathaniel
One of the board of Directors
Direct Tel: +447045750435
muhammadnathaniel@yahoo.co.uk

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