419 scam: Dr David Gilbert <drdavidgilberts2@gmail.com> Its an urgent!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Dr David Gilbert <drdavidgilberts2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drdavidgilbert2@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2021 06:34:49 -0800
Subject: Its an urgent!

I am Dr. David Gilbert, the director of the accounts & auditing
department at the ONLINE Banking Central Bank Of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou-west Africa, (CBB) With due respect, I have decided to
contact you on a business transaction, I will like you to help me in
receiving of this fund into your Bank Account through online banking,
However; It's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to
contact you for this transaction, In my department I discovered an
abandoned sum of (US$10.5 Million dollars) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign Customer (MR. PAUL LOUIS from Paris, France )
who died along time in 6th of December 2016 in car accident.

I am afraid if this money stays in our bank without claim for long
period of time, our government will step in because the Banking laws
here does not allow such huge amount of money to stay dormant for more
than (Seven) 7years, And you will receiving this money into your Bank
account within 10 or 14 banking days.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after 6 or 7years and above, the money will be
transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund, I agree that 40%
of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the
provision of a foreign account, and while 50%would be for me, then 10%
will map out for the expenses.

If you agree to my business proposal, further details of the transfer
will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return mail, Make
sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and make it
confidential till we receive the fund into your bank account that you
will provide to the Bank, Don't disclose it to anybody, because the
secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it.

I quickly inform you because the new system of payment policy has been
adopted and it will be very easy and short listed for payment via
Online Banking, So immediately I receive your update; I will direct
you on how to contact ONLINE Central Banking through their E-mail
address, where the funds will be approved by Central Bank of Burkina
Faso and transfer into your bank account through online Banking and
make assure you follow their online payment instruction to enable the
transaction goes successful.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr. David Gilbert.
Central Bank.

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