419 scam: "Johnbull"<amalbankghana3@rediffmail.com> AN URGENT RESPOND REQURIED !!!

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnbull" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnbull123@hushmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:25:31 +0100
Subject: AN URGENT RESPOND REQURIED !!!

Greetings,
I know you may be surprised and find it difficult to believe after reading my email, but this is true. I got your contact from your Email domain.
I want you to help me to recieve some funds from a deceased account from my Bank. I am the personal Account officer to the owner of this account who died some years back. The Account has been Dormant and no one has come to claim this money since five years.The British Government has setup an adhoc committe to look into growing number of dormant accounts, due to deaths of customers, with a view to finding ways of locating relatives of the dead customers. The British Government is already working with some NGO'S through the unclaimed Assets Register, to confiscate and divert unclaimed depositor's funds. Read this article below:
http://www.unclaimedassets.co.uk/trace_forgotten_funds.htm
I have tried to locate the relative of this account owner since the next of kin to the account is dead, but all effort has been unsuccessfull. As the account officer to this account am the only one that is aware of the existence of this account for now within my bank. Unfurtunately a foreign beneficiary is needed because the account owner is a foreigner. I shall give more details if you are interested.
Regards.

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