419 scam: "MARSHALL"<infozazz3@gmail.com> Reply Me Urgently

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "this business is hitch free " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- marshallza@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MARSHALL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marshallza@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:30:11 +0200
Subject: Reply Me Urgently

From: Mark Marshall
London

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Mark Marshall, a staff with the Credit and Foreign Bills of Somerset bank of London. I am writing you in respect of an account that belongs to a foreign customer (Mr. Chung Timothy) of our bank who died in a ghastly plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers onboard on August 6, 1997.

For your perusal you can view this website Ref:

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list

Since the demise of this customer, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of £15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred British pounds) which has been with our branch for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up as his next of kin. And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than certain years because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed funds after the specified period stipulated by the bank's obligation.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when I was making a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity to assist me receive this money for safe keeping and investments as the total funds will be taken over by my bank as provided in section 129 sub 63(N), UK Banking Edit of 1961.

For your assistance I am willing to give you 25% of the total amount. Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the letter of application which you will type sign and send back to me to enable us start the processing of this claim.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within five banking days of receiving your response, after you apply to the bank as the next of kin.

Note that this is 100% risk-free business as long as you keep this confidential. Include your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication. Please reply to marshallza@sify.com For further details.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Mark Marshall
Email: marshallza@sify.com

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