419 scam: Jeff <robocop1958onori@yahoo.co.jp> will you be of help?.

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Jeff <robocop1958onori@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Jeff <jeff_nk@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:23:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: will you be of help?.

Dear
One,

Compliments of the season,I
am Mr.Jeff Nicolas,a personal assistance to one of the
plane Crash victim.

I
want you to
assist me retrieve the fund of $4.8 Million
(United States Dollars) he had deposited with the Finance firm as
family valuable before the Plane Crash. I want your assistance in this
regard before this deposited fund gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable by the firm if something is not done
quickly.

Right now,the Finance firm has issued me a notice to
provide the next of kin within a short time, or have the whole thing
confiscated.

Since the whole family lost their lives on the Plane
Crash,I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that this fund could be released to you and we will have reputation to
negotiate on a business
been Favorable.

All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any
breach of the law.

NOTE: All correspondence between you and I
should be made through this email address for security reasons and also
indicate your private contact information like telephone, mobile phone,
fax numbers for easy communication.

I look forward to receive a Favorable response from you.

Best regards.

Mr.Jeff Nicolas.

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