419 scam: George Adam <admgeor11@btinternet.com> YOU AS NEXT OF KIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT 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.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: George Adam <admgeor11@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: barr.adameorge77@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 23:03:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: YOU AS NEXT OF KIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT REPLY

ATTENTION: TO MAKE YOU AS NEXT OF KIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPT REPLY.

Hello,

I am the attorney of a foreigner who died in an air crash along with his entire family in a forceful plane crash on Monday, 31 July,2000 @ 13:22gmt 14:22uk, You can confirm this from the website below which was published on BBC news WEBSITE.

Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My clients has $18.5m deposited with the bank of England and following to the quater of the year stock taking, the bank has contacted me to present the next of Kin to my client who died on the plan crash and his next of kin could not come up since then and I want to present you as I have the Funds Deposit Certificate to make a change to your name and deliver this said funds to you through diplomatic delivery with your cooperation because of bank to bank transfer charges as the funds is in a fixed deposit account and the bank will not allow any one to withdraw out money from the account as I have no enough money to pay for the transfer charges.

Hence I am contacting you to take the position of next of kin. Since his death, none of his next of kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident, himself and his wife. This funds $18.5m cannot be release to me as his attorney unless I present someone for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in the Banking guidelines.

I have made arrangement with the bank to deliver this funds as a consignment in your name that you will provide under the bank packaging and seal to avoid the diplomatic company knowing the actual contents as the bank will not disclose it's contents to the diplomatic company. Please if you are interested, forward your personal information including direct Phone or Cell Phone Number, your address, nationality, occupation/profile and your age. This will enable me move this funds to you within 5 working days of your compliance to meet the mandate as scheduled in the bank.

I will compensate you with $4.5m out of the total funds $18.5m, I will proccess and ship out this funds consignment in your name If you are interested, I will send you the full details, my concern is to find a good partner that I can trust, Can I trust you?. This deal must be kept secret until you have received your funds consignment delivered and all correspondence will be strictly by email / telephone, for security purposes.If interested both party is to share the responsibility of the delivery of this funds to you.

kindly signify your interest.

Regards,

Barr.George Adam.

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