419 scam: "Piyush Gupta"<alessandro.zollo@i-csr.it> BUSINESS INTEREST

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Piyush Gupta" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimmyng67@gmx.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 20:08:24 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS INTEREST

My name is Piyush Gupta, the Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Singapore (DBS).Following African Countries Quest to Recover Looted Assets starched in Europe, Asia, United States and Canada by the Leaders, we  confirmed USD450M of the Loots in our bank. We have declared USD400M to the appropriate Agency. Considering the high magnitude of the DEAL, I cannot handle it alone successfully, I decided to seek partnership with you; if willing to support in removing the balance USD50M. If you are interested 35% will be your sharing and 60% for me while the balance 5% will be for our families refreshment and reimbursement of all the expenses we may incur for the transaction.

I anticipate your quick response for details if interested.

Piyush Gupta.

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