419 scam: "Kenneth Malo"<kentho111@maktoob.com> VERY URGENT:

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth Malo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kentho121@maktoob.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:27:41 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT:

DEAR SIR,

IT IS WITH HEART FULL OF HOPE AND JOY THAT I WRITE TO BRING YOU A BUSINESS PROPOSAL HOPING THAT YOU WILL BE TRUSTWORTHY, SINCERE, AND ABOVE ALL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING IT

MY NAME IS MR KENNETH MALO, I HAIL FROM BAYELSA STATE IN NIGERIA, I AM A 53YR OLD MAN WITH FOUR CHILDREN. I AM WORKING WITH THE FEDRAL MINISTRY OF MINES AND POWER HERE IN NIGERIA.

MY COUSIN, WHO IS A KING IN ONE OF THE OIL KINGDOMS HERE IN NIGERIA, MANDATED ME TO LOOK FOR A VERY CAPABLE, RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN WHOM HE WILL USE AS A FRONT IN MOST OF HIS BUSINESS DEALS HERE IN NIGERIA AND ALSO WHO CAN BE ABLE TO RETIRE MOST CASH OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY ON INVESTMENTS. BECAUSE OF MY PEOPLE'S BELIEF ON WESTERN WORLD, I AM SURE THAT THE KING WILL GIVE YOU BUSINESS THAT WILL NOT BE LESS THAN $50M USD BECAUSE THE KING IS VERY INFLUENTIAL AND HAS A LOT OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN HIS OIL KINGDOM.

THE KING WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU IN HIS PALACE, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND ALL YOUR EXPENSES WHILE IN NIGERIA WILL BE CARTERRED BY THE PALACE FOR THE TWO DAYS YOU WILL STAY IN NIGERIA. IT IS WORTHY OF MENTION ALSO THAT NIGERIA, THE LARGEST AFRICAN NATION AND THE WORLD'S FOURTH LARGEST PRODUCER OF CRUDE OIL, HAS A LOT OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.
I MUST TELL YOU THAT I WILL BE ENTITLED TO 10% OF ANY BUSINESS YOU DO WITH THE KING. LET ME ALSO HAVE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR MORE EXPLANATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

REGARDS

KENNETH MALO

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