419 scam: "Mr.James Holmes" <nblanco@uma.es> 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:

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)
- "million pounds" (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)
- "jamesholmes@9.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.James Holmes" <nblanco@uma.es>
Reply-To: jamesholmes@9.cn
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:51:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Business Proposal‏

FROM THE DESK OF MR.JAMES HOLMES
Dear Friend,

Before i proceed i wish to introduce myself to you ,I am James Holmes a
staff of NatWest Bank plc London. I am the head of the accounts
department.I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and
profitable business proposal which I believe will profit the both of us
after completion. I contacted you after a careful thought that you might
be capable of handling this business transaction, which i explained below.
The sum of (£18,500,000.00 Million Pounds), has been floating as unclaimed
since 2000 in my bank as all efforts to get across to the his relatives of
our client who deposited the money have hit the stones , On July 31th,
2000, Mr. Kurt Ran Kahle, Evlyne his wife, and their son Michael all died
in the air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for
a world cruise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
My position here at my office requires me to investigate and I therefore
made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Kurt Ran Kahle did not
declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents,
including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. I have decided to seek
your assistance to have you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund
(£18,500,000.00 Million Pounds), would be released in your name as the
next of kin and paid into your account. All documents and proof that will
have you claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to you upon your
response to this mail more so. I want to inform you that i have
unanimously agreed to offer you (£7.2M) of the total sum for the
assistance and role you are going to play in this transaction,(£2.8M) will
be given to charity organizations in your country with your supervision
while the remaining will be for me. Please send your confidential
telephone and fax number in your reply to this mail : jamesholmes@9.cn

Regards,
James Holmes(Mr.)

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