419 scam: James Kirby <kirbyjames079@msn.com> WITH CARE

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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.
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.
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.
- jameskirby147@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James Kirby <kirbyjames079@msn.com>
Reply-To: <jameskirby147@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:21:06 +0000
Subject: WITH CARE

WITH
CARE:

Greetings,

Please
accept my sincere apologies if my email does not meet your business or personal
ethics. I will first introduce myself more elaborately; I am Mr. James Kirby,
Fund Manager/Senior account Officer with National Savings And Investment (NS&I)
in United Kingdom.

One of
our accounts, with holding balance of 12.500 000.00 (Twelve Million Five
Hundred Thousand British pounds Sterling) has been dormant, and last operated
many years ago.

Nobody
has done anything as regards the claiming of this money, because the account
owner has no family member or relatives that have any knowledge as to the
existence of either the account or the funds. I have decided to find a reliable
foreign partner to deal with since the said amount which is part of the lost
amount in our bank totaling (1.8bn British Pounds Sterling).My proposition to
you is to seek your consent and partnership to present you as the Next of kin
and beneficiary of this obsolete account and lost money So that the proceeds of
this account valued a huge sum shall be paid to you, and then we can share the
amount on a mutually agreed percentage.

Let me
hear from you as soon as you get this message and contact me via; jameskirby147@yahoo.co.uk, so that
we can proceed,

Best
Regards,

Mr. James
Kirby

National
Savings And Investment

You can
view more on www.nsandi.com

Email me
immediately at jameskirby147@yahoo.co.uk

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