419 scam: KEITH OLSON <keith.olson111@gmail.com> GOODWILL

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- keith.olson111@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: KEITH OLSON <keith.olson111@gmail.com>
Reply-To: keith.olson111@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 13:56:56 +0100
Subject: GOODWILL

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Dear Partner,

With due respect, I need to introduce myself to you, I am Keith Olson
a British citizen and a banker by profession. My main purpose of
sending this message to you is to seek for your partnership to do a
business that will benefit the both of us,I work with Intelligent
Investment bank as an audit and accounting manage in London, I am
pleased to contact you because of your last name and it's going to
benefit the both of us, that's if you can be trusted and not to betray
me at the end of this business. Why I am pleased to contact you is
that your last name corresponds that of a deceased client in our bank
who died on 12th January 2010 Earthquake disaster in Haiti, that
killed over 200,000 people, And it will be very easy for me to use you
as the next of kin to the deceased account so that the fund can be
moved to you as the next of kin to the deceased.

It will be my pleasure if we can do this business together and share
this money 50/50 and there is no risk at all because I don't want to
be greedy here, the deceased, lodged the sum of 15M British Pounds
Sterling in our bank and I am his account officer and I know what to
do to put your name in the bank DATA BASE as the next of kin to the
deceased account, automatically you will be the next of kin to the
fund and there will be no trace for that, I assure you that this
transaction is 100% risk free that's if you will not betray me at the
end of this transaction. If you are interested to do this business
deal with me, kindly contact me with details via my direct E-mail:
(keith.olson111@rediffmail.com) notwithstanding, this business must be
confidential between us. Even if you are not interested endeavor not
to disclose it to anyone. Thanks for your anticipated cooperation and
understanding, I await for your urgent and meaningful response.

Hope this mail finds you in good faith.
I remain respectfully.

Keith Olson.
E-Mail: (keith.olson111@rediffmail.com)

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