419 scam: John Scot <officea1111@yahoo.pt> REPLY ME SOON.

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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 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: John Scot <officea1111@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: John Scot <johnscotbr222@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:20:25 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: REPLY ME SOON.

Â Dear Sir,

I am John Scot, attorney by
profession.I would like to know if this
proposal will be worth while for your
acceptance.

I have a Foreign Client, Manfred
Hoffman from Germany who is an
Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and
Federal Government Contractor that was
a victim with Concord Air Line, flight
AF4590 that crashed on 25 July
2000 near Paris,killing 113 people on
board. He left a closing balance
of Twelve Million Eight Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars ($12.8m)
in one of his investments with a
finacial institution which was managed
by me as his financial/investment
adviser.

Base on my security report,
these funds can be claimed without any
hitches as no one is aware of the
funds and its closing balance except
me and the customer (Now Deceased)
therefore, I can present you as the
Next of Kin and we will work out the
modalities for the claiming of the
funds in accordance with the law.

Now, if you are really sure of your
trustworthy, accountability and
confidentiality on this transaction
without dissapointment, email me
back for further detailS.

Your's Faithfully,

John Scot

N.B.In other for you to beleive me
honestly try and go through this
(website) before you start with me.
Below is the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

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