419 scam: Roberto Amson <account@lkcl.in> Re:Waiting For Your Reply

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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:

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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million 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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Roberto Amson <account@lkcl.in>
Reply-To: <roberto.am68@yahoo.nl>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 02:57:28 -0600
Subject: Re:Waiting For Your Reply

--
I am Mr Roberto Patrick Amson from Netherlands,I am 68 years old, i am
suffering from a long time cancer, from all indication my conditions is
really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do any
stressful thing,according to my doctors they have advised me that i may
not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has
gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies
home, was married to my late wife for twenty years without a child,My
wife ( Susan Patrick Amson) died in a fatal motor accident Before her
death we were true Christians. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of
$5.6 million dollars with a Security Company in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote
me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it
so long with attract a demur age fees as the security fees paid by me
has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness
or they get it confiscated.So instead of getting it confiscated i rather
have someone whom i can trust to receive the funds and utilize it
according to my wishes.And the best part of it is ,The security company
told me in the letter that they can have the consignment funds released
to my approved person that was authorized by me or transferred to his
bank account and if outside Kuala Lumpur Malaysia then transferred to
his or her bank account.Am using my laptop in the hospital at Frankfurt
Germany where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness .I have
since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only more 2 months to live.It is my last wish
to see at least 60% of this money is invested/donated to any
organization/business of your choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization, E.g the poor homes,the motherless babies home
where i came from,the deaf homes, and churches etc.All i seek for is a
God fearing person ,who will carry out my last wishes and before i
emailed you today i prayed and the holy spirit gave me the confidence to
send you this email.I took this decision, before i rest in peace because
my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply I will give you
the contact of the Security Company in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

All i need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when
received by you will be used for the said purpose,Nowadays there are so
much scams going on in the internet and it is difficult to trust but i
don't know why the Holy spirit still approved me to email you about this
out of few email addresses i have from the internet, yours was the only
one that my mind convinced me to contact.

Waiting for your reply.
Yours in Christ,
Mr.Roberto Patrick Amson

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