419 scam: Ivan Kominek <daniel@LCBUSRE.COM.PE> Strictly Confidential

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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:
- "necessary legal documents" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- ivankominek101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ivan Kominek <daniel@LCBUSRE.COM.PE>
Reply-To: <ivankominek101@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:38:06 -0800
Subject: Strictly Confidential

Date: 04/03/2014

CONFIDENTIAL REQUEST

My name is Ivan Kominek, a citizen of Czech Republic based in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you in relation to one of my late clients; Damien. I am an investment manager and I worked in a private investment company in Aberdeen, Scotland for 25 years before retiring in May 2013. In the course of my working career, I managed the investments of high profile clients in Scotland and North West of England for over 15 years.

I am writing to present a genuine and 100 percent risk free business proposal to you regarding the estate of my late client because you bear the same surname with him. He was a very successful entrepreneur and businessman whose areas of investments include stock, real estate and oil drilling. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008 and had a long battle with the illness before he finally passed away on the 13th of November, 2012.

Prior to his death, he called me and asked me to supervise the liquidation of his assets and subsequent transfer of his funds to a Private Bank in Glasgow which I did. The total estate after liquidation stood at ¡ê8,100,000 (Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling Only). He died unexpectedly at the age of 72 years in a London hospital where he went for one of his routine checkups. According to British laws, he is considered to have died intestate because he did not make arrangements for the disbursement of his estate and to the best of my knowledge; he was never married and had no children.

I am therefore writing to request that you show up as a relative of the deceased so that we can lay claims to these funds which have been lying as unclaimed in the Bank for these past months. The Bank will be obliged to release the funds if we present an individual with same surname as the deceased as well as necessary legal documents to back the claims. If you accept the proposal, I will make arrangements with an attorney in the United Kingdom to prepare all legal documents needed to facilitate the release of the funds. As stated earlier, this is a totally risk free transaction and I am proposing a 50/ 50 sharing formula for the funds when everything goes through.

I am leaving my personal email address and mobile phone number below for further correspondence and I will be very glad to hear from you. I prefer communication by email because it is more convenient for me. However, if you are not interested in this proposal, please accept my apologies for contacting you and kindly delete message, I anticipate your co-operation.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

Ivan Kominek
Email address: ivankominek101@gmail.com

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