419 scam: info@onedogatatime.co.uk URGENT ATTENTION

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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:
- ",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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- mtflorent1964@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@onedogatatime.co.uk
Reply-To: mtflorent1964@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2016 00:06:55 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

Mr. Martial Florent Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer. LLoyds =
Banking Group United Kingdom. Greetings To You !!!!! Firstly, I am Mr. Mart=
ial Florent, the Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Lloyds B=
anking Group United Kingdom. I am contacting you for a legitimate business =
transaction strictly for you and me alone. I personally discovered a dorman=
t account with a total sum of =A375,000,000.00 (SEVENTY FIVE MILLION Britis=
h Pounds) here in our bank. The owner of this dormant account died. And Sin=
ce his death, nobody has operated in his account because the account has NO=
BENEFICIARY attached to it. According to our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS and de=
cision imposed by the new British Prime Minister Theresa May; this dormant =
fund will be confiscated by law and will be diverted to the British Treasur=
y as Unclaimed fund if it remains dormant for a period of [11] Eleven years=
without any claim. I therefore solicit for your sincere cooperation in tra=
nsferring this dormant fund to your foreign account as the foreign benefici=
ary of the fund to avoid confiscating it by our bank. I will split the tran=
sfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth transfer. Firstly, I will transf=
er =A35,000,000.00 to any valid foreign account you will nominate. After a =
successful transfer of the fund, I will fly to meet you in your home destin=
ation for sharing. Thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of =
=A375,000,000.00 for big investments in your country. This transaction will=
be done in a legitimate procedure within 11 or 15 banking days to avoid an=
y breach of the law. HOW THE TRANSACTION CAN BE HANDLED: As the Executive D=
irector and Chief Financial Officer of our bank, all our client account det=
ails and file are in my possession and that makes it easy for me to include=
your name as the beneficiary of the fund in all necessary documents involv=
ing the money we wish to transfer out from our bank. Most importantly, you =
will be required to: - Act as the original beneficiary of the funds. - Rece=
ive the funds into a business/private bank account. - At the completion of =
this transaction, the sharing rates shall be 55% for me while 45% for you. =
If you are willing to cooperate in this project reply back to me as soon as=
possible now through my private email below for more details: PRIVATE EMAI=
L: mtflorent1964@yahoo.com Anticipating for your positive response for more=
details. Yours truly, Mr. Martial Florent

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