419 scam: "Pieter Twisk" <pieter.han01@hotmail.com> Proposition

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- pieter_hans01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pieter Twisk" <pieter.han01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pieter.hans01@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 16:13:52 +0200
Subject: Proposition

Dear Friend,

IMPERATIVE AND PRIVATE.
Although, I did not know you in person, I have received your contact via
personal search while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist
me in this pending transaction. It became necessary for me to seek your
assistance, sorry I am not really good in English; I speak Dutch.

Let me start introducing myself I am Mr. Pieter Twisk, accounts manager in
one of the leading banks in Netherlands. For obvious reasons, I will
prefer to keep my bank anonymous for now and we shall relate only by
e-mail until such a time when I do have your full trust and confidence.
What I have may be of interest to you. It is a business proposal that will
be beneficial to you and I.

I am contacting you on a business transfer of a huge sum of €28,500,000.00
Euros, from a deceased fixed deposit for 18 calendar months. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the
day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

This Belongs to one of our foreign customer Slovakia businessman he passed
away in November 16th 2007 by auto accident with his wife and two children
leaving nobody as the representative of his account; he has no WILL to
indicate any next of kin. Our bank probably would be expecting someone
Next of Kin to come forward for claims. As it is no one can put up claims
except any business associate or Next of Kin. All efforts to get his
family relatives have been abortive. I want to present you as the
representative I will use my position and influence in our bank to make
sure they release this money to you for us to share.

Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked
out by Attorney for the funds to be released in your favor as the
beneficiary. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the
probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
Business Endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Your residential address.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file letter of claim to the appropriate
departments for necessary approvals in your favor before the transfer can
be made. We shall be compensating you with 30% on final conclusion of this
project, while the rest shall be for us. If this proposal is acceptable by
you, please response immediately via my private email:
pieter_hans01@hotmail.com

Best regards,
Mr. Pieter Twisk.

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