419 scam: Alexander McCarthy <schans@railtelindia.com> BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- alexandermccarthy59@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alexander McCarthy <schans@railtelindia.com>
Reply-To: Alexander McCarthy <alexandermccarthy59@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 03:07:10 +0530 (IST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

FROM THE DESK OF MR ALEXANDER MCCARTHY,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL,

Dear Friend,

I am Mr.Alexander McCarthy ,The bill and exchange manager Of Fidelity International,
In My Department, I Discovered An Abandoned Sum Of
USD $25.000.000.(Twenty Five Million Dollar)In An Account That Belongs To
One Of Our Foreign Customers(MR Paul Louis Halley) Who Died Along With His
wife In 2003 In A Plane Crash.

Go through the web below

:http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

No one will ever come forward to claim it.

According to our Banking Act of 1990, at the expiration of 15
(FIFTEEN} years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund. I would want you,as a person to stand in
as his Next of Kin.

You will then be entitled to the deposit.I will ensure that all the
documents regarding this Money reflect your name as the next of Kin to
Late Mr.Paul Louis Halley. I will share the money with you in the ratio
35:5:60.35% for your effort,5% for logistics and 60% for me.

I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk on your person as you
will not be made to appear in person and all the paper work will be
prepared in your name by me.

To achieve this: you will first of all, assure me that you will maintain
strict confidentiality on this information and must assure me that you
will not make away with the money when it gets into your possession.

Your reply is urgently needed.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.

Reply to my personal email address: alexandermccarthy59@gmail.com
Awaiting your urgent reply.

Regards.

Alexander McCarthy

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