419 scam: John Ralf Lidy <johnralflidy3@gmail.com> Good Day

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- johnralflidy@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: John Ralf Lidy <johnralflidy3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 01:15:49 +0800
Subject: Good Day

From: John Ralf Lidy
Citibank Germany
Frankfurter Welle
Reuterweg 16
60323 Frankfurt

Greetings,

I am John Ralf Lidy, a permanent staff with Citibank Frankfurt
Germany. I seek your trust and assistance to transact this urgent
mutual business with me. I am the account officer to late Bernard
Thompson, he died along with his family on a motor accident leaving a
fixed sum of €4.7Million Euros. in my branch without a WILL.

He is originally from your country, though he relocated into the
country not long ago from Calgary, Canada and settled-down in Germany.
This transaction will last for 10 (Ten) working days. If you are
interested, all I need is your identification ID, mailing address and
telephone numbers. With these details I will validate you as the next
of kin in our database, via our head quarters in Germany, and generate
a certificate of deposit where Bernard Thompson declared you his next
of kin.

Do let me know urgently by return mail with the needed information.
This is highly confidential.
johnralflidy@yahoo.com

Regards,
John Ralf Lidy

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