419 scam: "Dr Red"<red@criticalintegration.com> Attention Please

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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:
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- redtimehelp@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Red" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <redtimehelp@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:55:16 -0700
Subject: Attention Please

Greetings,

My names are Dr Red, and I hail from Singapore. I write this email to you with hopes that you will read it with an open mind, because what I seek is your understanding, help and partnership in my current quest.

For your benefit, a brief insight to my story. I am a private banker, and one of my client who is now deceased fixed a deposit of $15M for a duration of 60 months. This deposit is due in January 2019, unfortunately my client passed-on last May with no heir, knowing what would happen should the news of his demise reaches the management of my institution I hid the news, and have been covering up ever since. You may be thinking why I have to hide this news from the management, so for clarity you must know that the management of my institution have a reputation of pocketing funds belonging to deceased customers with no heir, legally they are obligated to report such funds to the government but for the fact that I am writing you about this, should tell you that they do otherwise.

I am not going bore you with sympathetic words in order to justify what am about to do, because I'd rather tell you what it is that I want to do. I brought in this client to my institution as a customer, so for that reason, I want to pocket the fortune and I need your help to do it. So, if you think this is something you can do please reply, there's 50% share in it for you, but if not, just delete this email and forget that I ever wrote you.

Would you be so kind to provide me with a brief information about you and to send me your full detail?

Your full name:

A photocopy of your Drivers License:

A photocopy of your Passport Information:

Your full address

Your telephone number

On receipt of the above information and a strong assurance from you that my trust and confidence in you is not misplaced.

I do look forward to be partnering with you in this beneficial quest.
Direct contact :- redtimehelp@yahoo.com

Cheers,
Dr Red

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