419 scam: "Mr.Collins Smith (Jnr)."<collinssmith_jnr@live.com> INFORMATION FOR YOU ONLY.

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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)
- "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)
- ",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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Collins Smith (Jnr)." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collinssmith_jnr@inMail24.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:08:08 -0700
Subject: INFORMATION FOR YOU ONLY.

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MR.COLLINS SMITH(JNR)
LONDON UK.


Dear Sir/Madam,

I will start by introducing myself to you, my name is MR.COLLINS SMITH(JNR)44yrs of age,I am an accountant with a Finance and Deposit Bank here in LONDON UK.

I have sent you the First mail but it returned undelivered hence I have decided to contact you for the second time.

I would want us to work together for this confidential transaction which should be kept between me and you.I'm contacting you in respect of a customer Late Mrs.Colleen Ford who made a deposit valued at USD$5.5million United States Dollars.I would like you to stand as the next of kin to this our deceased customer who made some deposits of $5,500,000.00.USD for charity before she died.

Upon maturity of her deposit,I sent a routine notification to her forwarding address but got no answer. After a month I discovered from her employers that she has died.On further investigation on her deposit,I also discovered that she did not Pencil down any next of kin in her deposit documents. However,my proposal is to front you as the next of kin to this deceased Customer of our bank,and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate.I am her account officer and every information regarding to her deposit with our bank is with me.I have already informed my bank that her relation has called me for the claim of the deposit,this made my bank to advised me to tell the person to put up an official letter of claim to the bank.This prompted my writing to you.

If you are interested,do let me know so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do,including her deposit details since I am her Deposit account officer.I completely advise you to keep this proposal absolutely confidential between both of us until the fund is released and transfered to you.

I have suggested that we share the funds as follows 50% for me,40% for your effort and 10% for expenses.If the sharing ratio is not ok by you,do let me know.Be informed that it is risk free.

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible on my private email address.

Best regards, 

MR.COLLINS SMITH(JNR).

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