419 scam: "Mr.Charles shearer/parkman" <charles@ethionet.et> Top secret.

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
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.
- mr.wayneloi@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Charles shearer/parkman" <charles@ethionet.et>
Reply-To: mr.wayneloi@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:19:08 +0200
Subject: Top secret.

>From The Desk of Wayne Loi
Senior Staff in File Department,
Ned Bank of South Africa
Pretoria South Africa
Southern Africa.

I am writing in respect of a customer of my bank Mr.Jhurani Somesh, a citizen of India , who died in a Plane crash on Monday 2nd September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see for more information.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

The late Mr. Jhurani Somesh left in our Bank the sum of twenty two million United States Dollars ($22. million USD) without a next of kin and nobody will ever come for this money because he no next of kin in his documents.

I am the only person that is aware of this money since Mr.Jhurani Somesh did not give to my institution any next of kin to cinherit his money. And the Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Fifteen years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and has no next of kin, which I will than used my firm to make you the next of kin to Mr. Jhurani Somesh.

Now, I want to use my position in the bank to transfer this money to your country for investment. If you can provide me with an account where I can transfer this (Twenty Two Million United States Dollars) $22. Million dollars. I will give you 35 % of this entire fund while the remaining 60% shall be for me, extra 5% will be for transfer charges. I am hoping to get a favorable response from you.

Kindly reply to this mail and confidential, as I will like us to keep every communication by email to avoid information leakage through our telephone conversation for now. Email: mr.wayneloi@gmail.com

Regards,
Mr. Wayne Loi.
(+27734852274)

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