419 scam: "Gregory K."<shkim@keti.re.kr> We wait to read from you**

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gregory K." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gregory_keng@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 06:23:51 +0530
Subject: We wait to read from you**

Happy New Year,

I'm Keng Gregory, nineteen years old and my sister is sylvie of age sixteen .we are children of late Dr. KENG Philip, our Father was a wealthy

heir apparent to family business. He was poisoned by unknown family member who want to take over the family business empire, according to the

laboratory result, he was given a poisoned orange juice, unfortunately all the effort to save his life failed as his organs was badly damage

and he died.

Before he left to hospital for treatment, he told me where to find a document of an investment deposit sum of eight million four hundred

thousand united state dollars in the bank and warn that we should be careful incase anything happen to him as if he knew he was going to

die. They have succeeded to kill him after several failed attempt since my father married my late mother who was a Muslim.

Truly, we don't know you but considering our situation, we want to rely on your assistance to get the money transfer to you for

investment in your country on our behalf and help us to come to your country to relocate and establish under your care

We pray reading from you soon Respectfully

Gregory & Sylvie KENG.

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