419 scam: "Beverly Mackenzie." <infooffice73@yahoo.com.hk> Business Proposal.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- infooffice73@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Beverly Mackenzie." <infooffice73@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 10:56:02 +0200
Subject: Business Proposal.

FROM THE DESK OF Ms. BEVERLY MACKENZIE
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
CAHOOT AND FINANCE COMPANY
LONDON-UK.

I am Ms. Beverly Mackenzie,The bill and exchange manager Of Cahoot
Finance UK. In My Department, I Discovered abandoned Sum Of
$25,000.000.(Twenty Five Million Dollars)In An Account That
Belongs To One Of Our Foreign Customers (Mr. Paul Louis Halley)
Who Died Along With His wife In 2003 In A Plane Crash.

For more details about this, please visit:
http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to our Banking
Act of 1990, at the expiration of 10 (Ten)years,the money will
revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund. I would want you as a person to stand in as his
Next of Kin.

You will then be entitled to the deposit.I will ensure that all
the documents regarding this Money reflect your name as the next
of Kin to Late Mr.Paul Louis Halley. I will share the money with
you in the ratio 35:5:60.35% for your effort, 5% for logistics
and 60% for me.

I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk on your
person as you will not be made to appear in person and all the
paper work will be prepared in your name by me. To achieve this:
you will first of all, assure me that you will maintain strict
confidentiality on this information and must assure me that you
will not make away with the money when it gets into your possession.

Your reply is urgently needed.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.

Reply to my personal email address: infooffice73@yahoo.com.hk

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Regards,

Ms. Beverly Mackenzie.

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