419 scam: "Steve Poellot"<shelley.dai@good-wind.com> Read carefully and reply if you are interested

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "poellots@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Steve Poellot" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <poellots@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 02:10:38 +0100
Subject: Read carefully and reply if you are interested

My name is Steve Poellot, an auditor at OCBC Bank in Singapore. During our last routine check I discovered a dormant account belonging to a holder (name withheld for security reason) to the tune of $58.3M (fifty eight million Three hundred thousand united state dollars).

According to Banking Regulations/Legislation in Singapore which demands that I notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory period of eight years, dormant accounts of such are called in by the monetary regulatory bodies. My investigations of the said account reveals that the investor died in 2004 Tsunami tragedy Indonesia the exact time the account was last operated, I can confirm with certainty that the said investor died intestate and no next-of-kin to his estate has been found or has come forward all these years.

The above set of facts underscores my reason for writing you this business proposal.

To affirm your willingness and co-operation to my proposal please contact me (poellots@ymail.com)

kind regards

Poellot

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