419 scam: "Alan Salomon"<magacin@planika-flex.ba> Attn: Needed.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- alansalomon3328@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alan Salomon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alansalomon3328@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 22:39:40 +0200
Subject: Attn: Needed.

Good Day,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as such. I am Alan Salomon, I work as a Business Relationship Manager with Bidvest Bank in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa.

I wish to notify you again that I have listed you as a beneficiary to the total sum of $22.350 million (Twenty Two Million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States dollars) in the intent of the deceased (names now withheld since this is my second letter to you).

I contacted you because you bear the same surname with my late client and I may, with your consent, present you to the "trustee" bank as my late client's surviving family member so as to enable you claim the fund as a family member of my late client.

In your acceptance of this deal, I request that you kindly forward a letter of acceptance to me via my private email address on {alansalomon3328@gmail.com} so that I can give you detail information on this and also tell you the next steps to adopt.

Hope to Hear from you soon.

Regards,
Alan Salomon

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