419 scam: "Wilkins & Associate" <test@cvetyopt.ru> FRI, JUNE 17 LETTER

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Wilkins & Associate" <test@cvetyopt.ru>
Reply-To: jhnwilkins@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:26:25 +0400
Subject: FRI, JUNE 17 LETTER

Wilkins & Associate Law Firm,
International Corporate & Business Law Firm Johannesburg South Africa,
Securities Corporate Finance & Business Law Domestic and International Business Practice.

Attention: Dear Friend

How are you doing today? Hope you are doing great. My Name is Johann Wilkins with Wilkins & Associate Law Firm. We have a deceased client, a foreigner member of Gulf States and member of South Africa's National Oil Company, who died and left a Sum Amount of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars in an Account under our Law Firm.

Since his death I have received several letters from the Bank where he deposited the fund before his death, to provide his next of kin or any of his relatives who can make claim to the funds before the end of the Month or the Bank will be left with no option than to confiscate the fund and return it as it has been marked unclaimed.

Therefore I seek your assistance as a foreign partner to claim this funds since the Decease did not leave a will or a next of kin. Contact me if you are interested with your Name, Telephone Number and Country, this is a deal between me and you, again we have only three weeks to move this fund out.

Best Regards,
Barrister Johann Wilkins

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