419 scam: "Mr Ernest Micheal"<ernestmicheal102000000@gmail.com> Re: Can i trust you ?

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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:
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (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 business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348037123479 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Ernest Micheal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ernestmicheal001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 18:38:31 +0100
Subject: Re: Can i trust you ?

Attn: My dear,

My name is Mr. Ernest Micheal a legal practioner and a personal attoney to late Lenor and Richard Burson .I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.I am writing in respect of a foreign client of mine Mr. Richard Burson /Ms. Lenor from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family in a plane crash. For more information's about the crash you can visit this http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/502503.stm

Since the tragic death of this client, I personally has watched with keen interest to see any of his relatives but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds Six Million Five Hundred & Eighty Thousand United
States Dollars) which has been with the bank here for a very long time. On this note,I decided to seek your name to be used as the Next of Kin so that this amount will be transferred to you since nobody is coming for the money again. The Banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than 14 years,because the money will be transferred to the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

please reply with your:-
{1} Full Names
{2} Address
{3} Telephone Number, Office & Cell/Mobile
{4} Fax Number
{5} Occupation / Profession / Age

Upon receipt of the above mentioned information's, indicating your interest in the business, I will inform you of the next step for easy execution of this transaction. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and don't have any negative implication.Please you should not entertain any fear as I have made all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund to your account. This transaction will be completed within few Bank working days
immediately we start the business.

Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country immediately after the transaction. Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you are not interested.

Sincerely Yours
Mr Ernest Micheal
Tel: +2348037123479

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