419 scam: teresa.almodovar@estudiante.uam.es (no subject)

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- ",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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "harrysmith124@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: teresa.almodovar@estudiante.uam.es
Reply-To: harrysmith124@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:23:11 +0200
Subject:

I am Mr. Harry Smith I write to seek your co-operation in a private
confidential business transaction. In 2006 one late customer who bears
the same name as yours made a fixed deposit which is a tune of
Fourteen Million United States Dollars ($14,000,000.00USD) with my
bank for 36 calendar months. Unfortunately while on a business trip
he died in a deadly earthquake that occurred on May 12, 2008 in
Schumann province of China which killed at least 68,000 people and the
fund is still unclaimed as no beneficiary has come foward to claim the
money.Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the
next of kin and sole beneficiary to his funds at his death since you
have the same name so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to
you. I have done enough inside bank arrangement and will only have to
put in your details into the information network in the bank computers
and reflect you as his next of kin.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer, all I need from you is your co-operation to stand for the
claim as the next of kin/ beneficiary to these funds so that my bank
can order the transfer to your designated bank Account were we are
going to share the funds between me and you.

Anticipating your communication.
CONTACTS...Email, :harrysmith124@outlook.com
Best Regards.
Mr. Harry Smith

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