419 scam: "lunberg"<khumalo.kelvin@yahoo.com> ATTENTION

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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.
- david_lunberg@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "lunberg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david_lunberg@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:44:03 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION

Good day,

We are professional firm of international probate genealogists and heir hunters. Often times, cash and property estates of the deceased goes to the state treasury if not claimed by the beneficiary(s). We trace missing beneficiaries or identify and locate heirs to unclaimed estates, funds, shares, valuables Etc.

It was discovered from our Probate Genealogy investigation that you are the closest relative to the deceased who lived and died in London. It is highly important that you apply for the estate, bank accounts, stocks, shares to avoid the inheritance going into Uk government treasury if not claimed within a given period of time. Kindly check our website for more clarification;www.dsresearchers-uk.webnode.com Let me hear from you for further directives.you can contact me via;david_lunberg@yahoo.com

Thanks.

David Lundberg
Managing Director

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