419 scam: "John Keycha"<K_Tarullo@earthlink.net> Re: With All Due Respect

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "John Keycha" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jokeycha@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:09:49 -0500
Subject: Re: With All Due Respect

My name is John Keycha i work in a naval cargo ship, i lost my wife in a car accident 5 years ago and i have a son who is 12 year old, right now i am not around i need some one who will me in my business as i am far from home, i need who i can trust with all of my heart. My wife was the one helping me when i am not around collecting money from our customers, we supply different products on sea just like oil, gas and fishes and we get paid after one week this is why i nee your help in any transaction i will will give you 10 percent of the total sum, what you need to do is to contact the paying bank and they will tell you what to do.

Name:........
Address:............
Telephone number:...............

I wait for your reply as you do that may God bless you.
This is my phone number: +12097824262

Regards

John Keycha

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