419 scam: kaple <kaplewuffix77@msn.com> PEACE BE UPON YOU

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "you will be given 30%" (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: kaple <kaplewuffix77@msn.com>
Reply-To: kaplewuffi@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:57:41 +0000
Subject: PEACE BE UPON YOU

Dear Friend,

We want to transfer to overseas ($ 27,500.000.00 USD) Twenty seven
million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) from the Bank of
Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest
person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money,
even an empty a/c can serve to receive this funds quitely.

I am Mr.KAPLE WUFFI, the accountant personal confidant to Mr.Kurt Kahle
who died together with family in a plane crash on the 31 July, 2000, on
their way to attend wedding in Amsterdam. Mr.Kurt Kahle is a Hollandian,
a physician and industrialist, he died without having any beneficiary to
his assets including his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened in
a Bank of Africa in the year 1996 as his personal savings for the
purpose of expansion and developement of his company before his untimely
death in 2000.

The amount involved is (USD 27,500,000.00)Twenty seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand USD, no other person knows about this account, I am
contacting you for us to transfer this funds to your account as the
beneficiary, I want to first transfer $7,500.000.00 ( Seven million five
hundred thousand USD) from this money into a safe account abroad, after
which we will transfer the remaining (20M) but I don't know any
foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
can not be approved to a local person here, without valid international
foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the
money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.Kurt Kahle is
a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be approved into a
foreign a/c.However, I am revealing this to you with believe in ALLAH
that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and
the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply
urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently.

Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full
details of the account to be used for the deposit.I need your full
co-operation to make this work fine. because the management is ready to
approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of
this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and
once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with
instruction of a key bank official who is deeply involved with me in
this business.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total
amount, 60% will be for me, while 10% will be for expenses both parties
might have incurred during the process of transferring.I look forward to
your earliest reply .

Sincerely,
ALLAH BLESS YOU.
Mr.KAPLE WUFFI
BANK OF AFRICA
PEACE BE UPON YOU

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