419 scam: Joseph Kumah <jk-info@officeblurb.com> Kindly Indicate Your Interest Urgently

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Kumah <jk-info@officeblurb.com>
Reply-To: <jkumahassociates@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 14:36:44 +0000
Subject: Kindly Indicate Your Interest Urgently

Dear Sir/Ma My name is Joseph Kumah, a legal Practitioner in Hon Kong. I ha=
d a client who happens to be a mining contractor but he died of heart condi=
tion on March, 2010. My late Client has a deposit of Six Million Six Hundre=
d and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars US$6,650,000.00 (Six Million Six=
Hundred & Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) in one of the banks here i=
n Hong Kong and this amount has been in an account for many years since his=
death. My reason to contact you is to present you as my late client=92s ne=
xt of kin because you bear same last name with him. I want you to stand as =
the next of kin to claim the fund because according to the Hong Kong financ=
ial laws; financial institutions are directed by the Hong Kong financial go=
verning body to divert funds from a dormant account to the government treas=
ury as surplus revenue if not claimed by the beneficiary after Five (5) yea=
rs. As a lawyer to the deceased benefactor whom died leaving no next of kin=
, I will handle the documentation process for immediate release of the fund=
with your name as the next of kin to my late client and both of us will sh=
are the US$6,650,000.00 (Six Million Six Hundred & Fifty Thousand United St=
ates Dollars). I will have to stop here for now until I hear from you for m=
ore details. Best Regards, Joseph Kumah Principal Partner J.Kumah & Associa=
tes=20

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