419 scam: "garrison Molof"<gar_malof1@yahoo.cn> hello

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
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.
- gmolof2010@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "garrison Molof" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gmolof2010@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:28:07 +0200
Subject: hello

Attention: Sir/Madam,
My name is Dr. Garrison Molof .The manager credit and Foreign bills of ABSA (Amalgamated Bank of South Africa.
I am writing in respect of a late foreign customer of our bank with account number -908-14-255-114. His name is Cho, Kweiyang (Mr.), an American citizen who died in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6, 1997.
You can view this web site http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list
Since the demise of this customer, I as the manager of branch where opened his account have personally watching with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive. No one has come to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which has been with our branch for a very long time. On this note, I have decided to seek for whom his or her name shall be used as the Next of Kin to enable me and whoever will work wit me to transfer the said amount of money out from the deceased account.
The banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than twelve years, because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this period.

I will offer you 20% of the total amount if you are willing to assist me deliver this project as planned. As soon as I see your reply, I will give you vivid details on how we can carry up this without any hitch or risk on any of us.
Kindly send me an e-mail to this address. gmolof2010@yahoo.com.cn Please include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication on my personal email address:
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Garrison Molof

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