419 scam: FERRANDO JORGE LUIS <ferrandojorgemuleyluis@yahoo.es> RE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "very 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)
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.
- ferrandojorge@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: FERRANDO JORGE LUIS <ferrandojorgemuleyluis@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: ferrandojorge@aol.com
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:18:39 +0200
Subject: RE: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re:Last Will and Testament

I am writing to notify you of the TESTAMENT of our deceased client (MichaelMILLER), who unfortunately lost his life in the Air France worst disaster.
The deceased was a prominent business man who travelled to Brazil on Holiday with his wife when they met their tragic death: on Monday, June 1, 2010,
when an Air France Flight 447- Airbus A330-200 jet crashed over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people aboard.

My client before his death made a deposit of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.00) However; I was mandated by
our team of professionals to search for the relatives of the deceased regarding his deposit as the holding financial institution wants him to come
forward for the endorsement of the reinvestment documents.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his Next of Kin or relatives to come over to sign the reinvestment documents or claim
his deposit because the financial institution cannot release these funds unless a formal application is made on the inheritance claim.

Regrettably, I learnt that his supposed Next of Kin, which could be his wife, died along with him in the ugly air disaster leaving nobody with the
knowledge of this huge deposit except me as the personal lawyer attached to monitor his deposit. It is in this regard that I decided to solicit your
assistance, by presenting you as the Executor of the Last Will and Testament of the deceased.

NB: This transaction is very confidential and 100% risk free as I will provide all the relevant documents that will enable you act at the executor
of the Will. This transaction shall be executed under legitimate and legal procedures that will protect you from any breach of the Law.

Therefore, do not hesitate to revert back to me. Your response via email is preferred or call: A signed copy of this letter, notification of your
address, your telephone and fax numbers.

Best regards,
Ferrando Jorge Muley Luis
Email:ferrandojorge@aol.com

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