419 scam: "Rene Jan Huisman" <patric_wagn01@aol.com> Guten Tag

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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)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- renehuisman2@mailbox.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rene Jan Huisman" <patric_wagn01@aol.com>
Reply-To: renehuisman2@mailbox.hu
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 11:11:13 +0200
Subject: Guten Tag

Dear Friend,

I know it will be a surprise for you to receive my email through the Internet which may
not be the best method of sending you this kind of proposal due to the abuse of the
Internet. My name is Rene Jan Huisman, I work with the Finance Monetary department in
Noorderbank & Security NV Netherlands, and we are in charge of auditing foreign account
holder.
During our last annual inspections of all foreign account holders in my bank, my
department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US 9,500,000.00 (Nine Million
Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) which was deposited by one Mr. Mohamed Al-Mubarak a
top Libyan citizen in Muamar Gaddafi’s regime, in regards to why the account has be
dormant my department set up an investigation comity to investigate the account, and I
was the chairman of the investigation comity. To my investigation why the account has
not be operative for so long I found out that the account holder Mr. Mohamed Al-Mubarak
has died in a civil war during the Gaddafi regime in Libyan which lead to the dormant of
the account.

As I investigate further I found out the late Mr. Mohamed Al-Mubarak has not indicated
any beneficiary or next of kin in his certificate of deposit with the bank, and to the
law of my country here in Netherlands when an account is dormant in years the authority
(Ministry of finance) has every tendency to confiscate the account and the money will go
into the government account. In regards to that which I don’t want the government to
have control over the funds, I am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary to the
deceased account since you are not a Netherlands citizen. I will provide all support
proof documents to put you in the place of next of kin to the funds upon your interest
and acceptance to my proposal.

I will need us to work together if you are interested, I assure you of all useful
information that we enable us transfer the money out of the deceased account into your
own designated bank account in your country legally. Please if you are not interested
kindly delete this email because my job is at stake if my bank find out am given
deceased account information out to an outsider is a big problem to my job, am only
doing this for our own good. You can contact me on my private Email:
renehuisman2@mailbox.hu With your (1) Given name, (2) Contact Telephone number, (3)
Occupation, (4) Contact address, (5) Date of birth. As this will enable me start the
preparation of the paper work and documentation to place you as the next of kin for you
to contact the appropriate department, as I will be explaining to you fully on telephone
conversation upon hearing from you as I await your prompt responds

Best Regards,
Rene J. Huisman

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