419 scam: Nicholas Linton <nickoloo@nickelol.onmicrosoft.com> IMPORTANT INFORMATION

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "nicklintin@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Nicholas Linton <nickoloo@nickelol.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <nicklintin@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:32:37 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION

>From Mr. Nicholas Linton

I am pleased to get across to you regarding this very confidential and profitable business proposal. I got your contact while searching for a reliable person who would assist me to execute this once in a life time business opportunity.

A Canadian Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Royal Dutch/Shell,Anglo-Persian, CFP , Exxon, Mobil, Atlantic Richfield, Gulf Oil Corporation,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for Sixteen Years,{16} Valued at 10,000,000.00 USD (Ten Million US Currency) in my bank branch upon maturity. Our department sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Gulf Oil Corporation that Mr.William Kabbara died with his wife Mrs. Tamsin Kabbara in a plane crash on October 31,1999,(an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the Website below for verification (BBC WORLD NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

The most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning that no member of Late Mr.William Kabbara's family knows about the deposit, therefore no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the fund. In order to avoid the bank transferring the dormant fund as unclaimed funds to the government treasury account, the funds must be claimed immediately by somebody who would stand as the Next of Kin to the late Mr.William Kabbara as the beneficiary of his deposited fund.

Furthermore, this revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer and had all access to his banking operations as his personal banker.
I seek your collaboration to act as next of kin/beneficiary to late Mr. William Kabbara to claim the funds and move them for useful investments in your country, we shall split the cash between us on successful completion of the transaction. I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out the perfect modalities on how to claim the fund and I shall provide the relevant information and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the funds in the account that would be provided by you, I cannot stand at the forefront of this transaction because I work with the bank, that is why I have come to you for assistance, be rest assured that this project is 100% risk free. Upon the receipt of your acceptance mail,I shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand this transaction. I will like you to provide immediately your private phone number and fax numbers for easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address: nicklintin@outlook.com

Regards,
Nicholas Linton

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