419 scam: accounts@wesellmemories.in From Daniel Keen

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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:
- "escrow account with no beneficiary" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- danielkeen59@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: accounts@wesellmemories.in
Reply-To: danielkeen59@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:21:25 -0400
Subject: From Daniel Keen

Greetings,

My name is Daniel Keen , I am the regional manager of United Overseas
Bank Limited,( UOB) Malaysia, I am writing you this proposal in good
faith;I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional
manager of the United Overseas Bank , it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office at the end of each business year. On
the course of the last year business report, I discovered that my branch
office made an excess profit of (US$6.5Million).

I have placed these funds in (UOB) Bank escrow account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected
to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this
money in your bank account and get 40% of the total funds as your
commission. I have perfected the banking procedure to enable our head
office transfer the funds into your account in less than 7 working days.

I have not met with you in person neither have I had any business
relationship with you previously but I am instinctively convinced that
you are the ideal person I require to handle the funds for me. I intend
to resign my position as a banker and relocate to your Country with my
family in the near future. My major concern is to see that this money
arrive in your account, I would be very glad should you therefore
confirm your willingness to assist in receiving this fund before my
final departure to join you for the investment purpose

Please reply to my private email:danielkeen59@yahoo.com with the
information below to enable me give you a call to further discussion

FULL NAMES:

FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS:

CELL PHONE:

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

AGE:

Thanks and God bless you
Daniel Keen

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