419 scam: "Williams Kender krosh"<kroshkenderwills@mail-me.com> Re: I kindly need your support to assist me...

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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:
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Williams Kender krosh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kroshkenderwills@presidency.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 05:03:47 -0800
Subject: Re: I kindly need your support to assist me...

Goodday,

I am Mr.Williams Kender krosh an investor, i am a Russian citizen, I came in contact with your information during my search in the internet.I am a close friend to Russian President, my closeness to the president have made me a victim of circumstance in Russia.
And this have affected and ruin my business,for humanitarian sake I kindly need your support to assist me as a foreigner to entrust my fortune right to you.I have in my possession the sum of $18,300:00(Eighteen million three hundred thousand Untied state dollars)being deposited with a Safe deposit firm in Europe under a discreet arrangement.

I have decided to hand-over the funds to you for proper management in view of my present health situation. For the sake of my ailment I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization,they refused and kept the money to themselves hence I have decided to contact you.

I no longer trust them and as I can not participate,I rather instruct you from my sick bed on how to go about the claim. On no account should my name be brought in for security reasons and my safety.Please keep this correspondence confidential and discard it if you will not be able to handle it. not that there is no risk involved.

I wait to hear from you.
Williams Kender krosh

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