419 scam: Robert Bernard <khaleychris@gmail.com> VERY URGENT

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- benaldscott@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Bernard <khaleychris@gmail.com>
Reply-To: benaldscott@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:37:29 -0800
Subject: VERY URGENT

From: Mr.Bernerd Scott
Bank of Scotland Intl
PO Box 23581 Edinburgh,
EH1 1WH London.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Sixty Two
Million British Pounds Sterling (£62,000,000.00) to your account.

The fund has been dormant (in-active) for more than 8 years in our
Bank here without anybody coming for it. I want to release the fund to
you as the nearest person to our deceased customer (the owner of the
account) who died along after a brief Illness in London. The Bank will
release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased
customer. For more information about the deceased customer you can
visit this site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2956897.stm

This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. I am
sure and have confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute
a project of this great magnitude. I solicit your assistance to enable
us transfer the said amount into your safe account for onward
investment. You can either provide me with an existing bank account or
to set up a new Bank account immediately to receive this money, even
an empty a/c can serve to receive
this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of
this important business, trusting in you and believing in God that you
will never let me down in future when the funds will transferred into
your account.

The owner of this account is a foreigner and no other person knows
about this account or

anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and until
his death he was the manager of his company. My investigation through
the National immigration department and Ministries here proved to me
as well that he was single during his first visit in UK. As a matter
of fact, I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for investment
plan.

If you are interested, please fill and forward me the following
information as below to

start the transfer process accordingly.

{1} Your Name/company's name and full address:.............
{2} Bank Name:..........
{3} Bank Address.........
{4} Account No:............
{5} Swift Code or Routing #
{6} Account Holder's Name: ............
{7} Your telephone Number both Home, Office &
Cell/Mobile and fax Numbers:........
{8} Your Occupation:.........

I look forward to hear from you as soon as possible if you are interested.

Regards,
Mr. Mr.Bernerd Scott
benaldscott@gmail.com

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