419 scam: "The Desk of DAVID MCKAY" <mt@heraldgroup.com.ge> Personal Financial Services and Business Proposal

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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.
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.
- boardprocess@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The Desk of DAVID MCKAY" <mt@heraldgroup.com.ge>
Reply-To: boardprocess@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:32:07 +0800
Subject: Personal Financial Services and Business Proposal

>From The Desk of
MR. DAVID MCKAY

Dear,

I am Mr. David I. McKay, The Personal Financial Services and Business Financial Services businesses, as well as RBC's Canadian sales and branch distribution. The World Largest Fund Management Company with over ? 1.2 Trillion Capital Investment Fund. Nevertheless, as the RBC Financial Services Officer, I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Gain per annual on each of the Investor's Marginal Capital Fund.

As an expert, I have made over 20,500,000.00 USD from the Investor's EMRCP and hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from RBC Marginal Capital Fund. All confirmable documents to back up the claims will be made available to you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities and technicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 50-50%. If you are interested, you should send your direct Company name or name, Address and phone number so we could discuss, Further details will given to you once i receive your response

N:B: Do not contact my office number or email, all correspondence must be on this email box ( boardprocess@hotmail.com ). This is a serious transaction and I need a trust worthy partner.

Sincerely,
Mr. David I. Mckay

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