419 scam: "mmer malu" <mmer2011@rocketmail.com> Reason with me

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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: "mmer malu" <mmer2011@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: ericmalu@live.com
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:10:53 -0200
Subject: Reason with me

Pleasant Day to you,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however it's just my urgent
need for a foreign partner that made me contact you for this transaction. I
got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest
person to introduce this transfer project, My name is Mr.Eric Owu malu, I
am a Branch manager with one of the Banks in former gold cost.

I seek your co-operation in transferring the left over funds US$5.4M (Five
million, four hundred thousand) of one of my bank deceased client DR. GEORGE
BRUMLEY who died in the charter plane which crashed in the Kenyan city of
Sumburu along with his family on 21st July, 2003.

You can confirm the genuine of the deceased death by clicking on this website:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

I am inviting you for a business deal because as an officer of the bank, I
cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for
your assistance as a foreigner to receive this money into your bank account. I
intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 60% shall be for me. I do need to
stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.
It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account
anywhere you feel safer. All I need from you is to stand and receive this fund.

I will appreciate your timely response.

Sincerely,

Mr. Eric Owu malu

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