419 scam: "Mr. Glen Moreno" <mrglen@chaburg.com> Greetings To 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:
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "mrgeln@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Glen Moreno" <mrglen@chaburg.com>
Reply-To: mrglen464@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:59:19 +0200
Subject: Greetings To You !!!!!

Greetings To You !!!!!

Firstly, I am Mr. Glen Moreno, the Group Director of Lloyds Banking
Group United Kingdom. I am contacting you for a legitimate business
transaction strictly for you and me. I discovered a dormant account
with a total sum of USD$25,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) here in our bank. The owner of this dormant account
died on 4th Jan 2002. Since his death, nobody has operated in his
account because the account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it.
According to our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS and decision imposed by the
new British Prime Minister David Cameron; this dormant fund will be
confiscated by law and will be diverted to the British Treasury as
Unclaimed fund if it remains dormant for a period of [11] Eleven years
without any claim.

I need your sincere cooperation in transferring this fund to your
foreign account as the next of kin to the fund to avoid confiscating
it by our bank. I will split the transfer into two 2 stages for easy
and smooth transfer. Firstly, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to any
valid foreign account you will nominate. After a successful transfer
of the fund, I will fly to meet you in your home country for sharing.
Thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of
$20,000,000.00. This transaction will be done in a legitimate
procedure within 7-8 banking days to avoid any breach of the law. HOW
THE TRANSACTION CAN BE HANDLED: As the group director, all our client
account details and file are in my possession and that makes it easy
for me to fix your name as the beneficiary to the fund in all
necessary documents. Most importantly, you will be required to:

- Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
- Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
- At the completion of this transaction, the sharing rates will be 55%
for me while 45% for you.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project reply back to me as
soon as possible:

PRIVATE EMAIL: mrgeln@ymail.com

Waiting for your response for more details.

Yours truly,
Mr.Glen Moreno

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