419 scam: "Anderson Melissa Rylee"<admin@domain.com> **Re: Update**

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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)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "andersonmelissa@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "andersonmelissa@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Anderson Melissa Rylee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andersonmelissa@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:01:16 -0500
Subject: **Re: Update**

FROM THE DESK OF ANDERSON MELISSA RYLEE
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
CAHOOT AND FINANCE COMPANY,
LONDON-UK

Dear Friend,

I am Anderson Melissa Rylee,The bill and exchange manager Of Cahoot Finance Uk. In My Department, I Discovered An Abandoned Sum Of $25,000.000.(Twenty Five Million Dollar)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.

Go through the web below

: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.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details. Reply to my personal email address: andersonmelissa@yahoo.cn

Regards,

Anderson Melissa Rylee
andersonmelissa@yahoo.cn

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