419 scam: "Steven Charles"<rec@aol.com> re:Reply

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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: "Steven Charles" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevkcharles1@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2019 16:12:08 -0800
Subject: re:Reply

Nice to connect you,
Following the issue on my hands it became necessary for me to seek your assistance, my name is Steven K. Charles, It is with good spirit of heart I opened up this great opportunity to you.

A deceased client of mine died as a result of heart-related condition on March 12th 2005.

More info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami)

There is a draft account opened in my finance and security since 1999 by a long-time client of our Company, a national of your country. He was a CEO/a textile company owner, business man, a miner at Kruger mining company in Cambodia, he was also a geologist and a mining consultant to several other mining conglomerates operating in Cambodia, Taiwan, Japan, London, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in Asia, before he passed away on March 12th 2005. leaving no name as the next of kin of his account after his death.
The amount in this safe deposit is $17,548,000.00. and has been approved for payment, on that note it has been transferred to the affiliate Paying Bank.

I want to present you as the beneficiary, I will use my position and influence to make sure they release this money to you for us to share. if I wait for days and if I do not hear from you.
I will appreciate your kind response for more details.

Yours Sincerely,

Steven K. Charles
Head of operations.

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