419 scam: Werner Jattke <arai@araiolive.co.jp> CONFIDENTIAL DETAILS ABOUT LATE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Werner Jattke <arai@araiolive.co.jp>
Reply-To: wernerjattke15@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:09:15 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL DETAILS ABOUT LATE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA

Good day. I am Attorney Werner Jattke , I am contacting you with a business proposal that would be highly beneficial to the both of us. I had a client who recently passed away. My clientâ€™s name is King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. He was a great and wealthy King in Saudi Arabia before his death. My client worth before his death the sum of Â£180,400,000 (One Hundred and Eighty Million, Four Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) and unfortunately for him, he did not "WILL" the funds to anyone before he died and now the bank-holder is threatening to have the funds confiscated if I do not provide the next of kin to the account or they have it confiscated.I cannot allow the bank confiscate the funds I have watched over for years. I will make all legitimate arrangement to protect us from any breach of the law. This should be your least concern as I am very good in what I do. We will share 50% each of this amount at the time of successful transfer to your account. I shall give you further details on how to proceed with this business transaction on your response. Email me on here, thanks and in anticipation of your response. I guarantee you that this operation is risk free. If you are interested, please get back to me on my direct e-mail for more details, and if not, please delete this letter and do not tell anyone about it.

Best Regards,
Werner Jattke

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