419 scam: boll@ant-precision.com URGENT

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- cletusconrado.abogados@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: boll@ant-precision.com
Reply-To: cletusconrado.abogados@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2015 20:04:00 +0100
Subject: URGENT

Hello,
I'm Mr. Cletus Conrado a Lawyer. working here in Spain, before my late client Engr. Hazem Issa. an expatriate engineer for thirteen years. he died with a certain disease. and he have known family here in my country.

Before he death, he deposited the sum of â‚¬11.5M (ELEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in a bank here in Spain. And the bank has mandated me to present any family heir/inheritor for claim before the fund gets confiscated as an unclaimed fund. So I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of he deposit.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Engr. Hazem Issa. so that the money will be released to you. With my position as he lawyer, I will now place your name as the next of kin to my late client. I will prepare every relevant document that will assist your claims, and facilitate the release of the fund.

Note that this transaction is risk free. There is no atom of risk in connection to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully. Once the money is released to you,we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit then we will map out 5% to upsetany expenses made on the process of this transaction. Reply via my private Email:cletusconrado.abogados@gmail.com,

Please kindly get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner.

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