419 scam: Lawson Bush <aswder@outlook.com> Acknowledge Receipt Of Proposal And Get Back to Me!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- lawsonbush402@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lawson Bush <aswder@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <lawsonbush402@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:04:09 +0000
Subject: Acknowledge Receipt Of Proposal And Get Back to Me!

Hello My Dear Friend,

I know this letter may come to you as a
surprise but, due to the way I got your

Contact I was pleased to confide this
secret with you as long as you are not going

to betray me at the end. I` m Mr. Lawson
Bush, a British Citizen and the lawyer to a contractor with the South Africa
Mining Company who was my client and he died with his entire family in an

aircraft crash four years ago when he was
traveling with his family for summer holiday.

Your last name happen to be the same last
name with the contractor, who was my client, this is the main reason why I am
contacting you so that I can present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin to this
inheritance funds because the Bank has written me letter of claim to this funds
but I cannot front myself to claim this funds since I am the lawyer, so I
decided to contact you who happen to bear the same last

name with the decease.

The principal amount of this fund is $20
Million U.S Dollars. I have already lay down
plans to execute the transfer hence I seek for your consent if
interested, so that I can send you more
details on how we can execute this proposal. Please reply to this my private
email: lawsonbush402@yahoo.co.uk

I wait to hear from you soon.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Lawson Bush.

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