419 scam: "David Harper"<mr.daveharper@yandex.com> Combine Investment In Your Country

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
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.
- +442031631635

Fraud email example:

From: "David Harper" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <haperdavid@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:49:57 -0800
Subject: Combine Investment In Your Country

FROM THE DESK OF
MR DAVID HARPER
L. F. S. Ltd. London, UK

Good Day.

I know this message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, it's just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this mutual benefiting business when searching for a good and reliable and trust worthy person. I got your contact email address from a Business directory and decided to connect you to this transaction that is based on trust and your understanding.

Once again, I am David Harper, Head Auditor L.F.S. Limited, London, United Kingdom. In the course of my Job, I discovered a floating fund in an account which was opened in 2005 by one of our clients who died in 2009 leaving no heir or a will in his file.
Every effort made to track any member of his family has since failed. He fixed a huge amount of Money in the Investment Deposit to a safe account.

I am proposing a Partnership where you will be required to set up a new account or provide an existing account that will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. I will compensate you with 30% of the funds after the transaction. This information I have on this account is confidential as no other person has access to it.

Please respond through my direct Private fax number or emails so that I can send you more detail on this proposition. I completely trust you to keep this information absolutely private because of my position in the Office.

Best Regards,
Mr.David Harper
L. F. S. Ltd. London, UK
Fax: +442031631635

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