419 scam: zhangwu wu <zwu533870@gmail.com> Nest of Kin

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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)
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- zhangwu168@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: zhangwu wu <zwu533870@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 17:15:01 +0700
Subject: Nest of Kin

Nest of Kin

Dear Mr/Miss
Although, I do not know you in person, I have got your contact via personal
search on the internet,and i hope you will forgive me for that. I am Mr.
Zhang Wu a banker in the Cambodian.I have a profitable transaction for
you.I was attending a business luncheon in November 1999 in Uk and I got
introduced to Mr. Andreas Schranner, a renowned German real Estate/property
magnate. He later employed my services

as a banker and investment Consultant, Three months later he invited me and
told me of his desire to open a fixed deposit account, he could fall back
to on retirement, under my professional guidance and based on my advice he
made a fixed deposit of $12,000,000.00 USD (Twelve Million United States
Dollars) in one of our branches.
This deposit was for 5 years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my
client,l could not reach him. I was forced to travel to Germany and there I
got the tragic news that, my client Mr.Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria,
their daughter Andrea Eich,his son in law Christian, and their children
Maximilian and Katharina, all perished in the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane
crash in western German city of Moenchengladbach.Please Click here and find
out what happened to the Mr. Andreas Schranner/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

After further investigation, l also discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper
work of his bank deposit. And l remember he also confided in me the last
time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my
bank because he wanted to surprise his wife whom he so much loved.
So,($25,000,000.00) Twenty Five Million United State dollars is still lying
in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me
most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of a
certain number of years the funds will revert to the ownership of the
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my
suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the
next of kin to Mr.Andreas Schranner so that you will be able to act on his
behalf and receive his funds.Should you be interested please send me your
full names and current residential address and I will prefers you to reach
me on the email address below (zhangwu168@yahoo.com) and finally after that
I shall provide you with more details.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Mr. Zhang Wu

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