419 scam: "ROBERT MAXWELL"<robertmaxwell282@ymail.com> YOUR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE.

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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.
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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- robertmaxwell647@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT MAXWELL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robertmaxwell597@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:30:24 -0600
Subject: YOUR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE.

Good day,

I am Zanson kung max,personal assistant to wong kwong-yu (Huang) but people around within business world knows me as Robert maxwell for security reasons because i deal with most of his international business matters,and he was once rated as the richest man in China and owner of Gome Co. LTD (Chinese retailer with more than 130 stores)

SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of Nine Million,three Hundred Thousand USA Dollars(US$9.3M) which I seek you to accommodate for me, You will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for your partnership, Can you handle this?

As his personal assistant I was authorized to transfer money of a Canadian energy and mining merchant for one of his last offshore deal with my boss wong kwong-yu.

The funds have since left the shores of Canada to an European private financial fund Manager where the final transaction is to be carried out, While I was on the process my boss got arrested and jailed for 14years for his involvement in illegal business operations and insider trading through stock market manipulation although it was politically motivated as the ruling class feared he might turn his attention to politics in future.

Since then I have placed on hold all transactions concerning this amount, You can catch more of the story on this website:(http://joyrelax.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/wong-kwong-yu-trial-combing-out-hear-sentence-14-years-in-prison-sentence-deep-breaths)

YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable the finance company transfer the sum to you.

I have decided to use this sum to relocate to your country as soon as the funds are transfered to you and never to be connected to any of wong kwong-yu conglomerates, Presently I am in London in Europe in order to deal on this transaction.

The transaction has to be concluded as soon as I confirm your readiness to proceed with me as everything regards to this transaction is within my powers and maximum safety is assured.

I will provide you with more details.contact me at my private email address: robertmaxwell647@yahoo.com

Thank you for your anticipated reply.

Regards,

Robert maxwell

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