419 scam: "David"<dtdtdtdt1980@gmail.com> May this Ramadan bring you the utmost in peace and prosperity.

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- ",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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drdavidthomas2015@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:42:50 +0300
Subject: May this Ramadan bring you the utmost in peace and prosperity.

Hello

Your sincere prayers, your devotion, your faith in Allah, will make you a better human to serve this society
with wisdom and truth. Happy Ramadan.

I am writing to notify you that I need your consent with respect to payment of US$16,500,000.00 in SCB
Bank Ghana belonging to a deceased customer whose name is not stated in this mail for reasons of privacy.
The last check on Investor's deposits revealed an in active account with the above stated amount
belonging to a deceased customer. The records for this deposit showed no beneficiary in the event of
death of the depositor.

In view of the above and my position as head of affairs of payment of benefits to beneficiaries, be notified
that your last name identity which is same as that of the deceased can be accepted for a relative/
beneficiary to this huge amount of money.

For further enquiries/interest in this claim, send to me immediately your full name as they are in your driver's
license or international passport, your mobile telephone number, and your contact address for the legal
documentations of this claim.

In receipt of your positive response, I will update you with the entire legal requirement for this claim.

Yours faithfully
Mr. T.David

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