419 scam: Donald Newberry <dhlcourierserviceinc@yahoo.pt> REPLY.............

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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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- drdonaldnewberry.utb.uk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Donald Newberry <dhlcourierserviceinc@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: drdonaldnewberry.utb.uk@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:16:10 -0500
Subject: REPLY.............

FROM THE DESK OF DR. DONALD NEWBERRY.
RE:INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND DEPARTMENT UNITED TRUST BANK (UK) FOR
PAYMENT OF US$25.5M.

SEQUEL TO YOUR OUTSTANDING FUND ON HOLD, WE ARE IRREVOCABLY MANDATED
TO DEBIT THE UK GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT AND CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT. HOWEVER,
WE RECEIVED A SWORN AFFIDAVIT FROM THE EUROPEAN HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
THAT ONE MRS. MOREEN MARTINS TOLD THEM THAT SHE IS YOUR NEXT OF KIN
AND THAT YOU DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT. SHE HAS ALSO SUBMITTED HER BANK
ACCOUNT INFO FOR US TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO HER INCLUDING HER
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT AS PROOF OF IDENTITY AS YOUR NEXT OF KIN, WE
NEED TO CONFIRM IF YOU ARE DEAD OR NOT, BEFORE WE CAN MAKE THE
TRANSFER TO HER.

BE INFORMED THAT WE RECEIVED THIS PHOTOGRAPH INDICATING THAT YOU ARE
ALREADY DEAD, PLEASE CONFIRM BEFORE WE RELEASE THE PAYMENT TO MRS.
MOREEN MARTINS WHO CLAIM TO BE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SHE IS HAVING
THE CHARGE WITH HER TO COLLECT THE APPROVED FUNDS.

REMEMBER, NOTE THAT I AM SEEKING YOUR AUTHORIZATION BEFORE I WOULD
RELEASE THE FUNDS TO MRS. MOREEN MARTINS WHO INDICATED THAT YOU BEEN
BURIED.

FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE WITHIN 72HRS WILL LEAVE ME NO
OPTION THAN TO RELEASE THE FUNDS TO MRS. MOREEN MARTINS ACCORDING TO
HER REQUEST.

ONCE AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU ON BEHALF OF IMF (INTERNATIONALÂ
MONETARY FUND)Â HTTP://WWW.IMF.ORG/EXTERNAL/NP/OMD/BIOS/RRF.HTMÂ FOR
FAILURE TO PAY YOUR FUNDS IN TIME, WHICH ACCORDING TO RECORDS IN THE
SYSTEM HAD BEEN LONG OVERDUE. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THE ABOVE SO
THAT WE CAN FACILITATE THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE FUND FOR WE HAVE
LIMITED TIME FRAME TO DISCHARGE OUR DUTIES.

UPON YOUR RESPONSE, THE PAYMENT REFERENCE CODE WILL BE FORWARDED TO
YOU URGENTLY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE TO THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY FOR
THE RELEASE OF THE PAYMENT TO YOU FORTHWITH.

ANTICIPATING YOUR RESPONSE TO ENABLE US SERVE YOU BETTER.

YOURS SINCERELY,

DR. DONALD NEWBERRY
E-MAIL:Â DRDONALDNEWBERRY.UTB.UK@HOTMAIL.COM

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