419 scam: "Leon Jones" <peter@webkeg.com> PRIVATE.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Leon Jones" <peter@webkeg.com>
Reply-To: leonjonesprivate17@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2016 08:23:39 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Mr . Leon Jones, an attorney to a Late Business Mogul in the person of
Mr. Moises Saba Masri, a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a Helicopter
crash on January 10, 2010, resulting to his death and all his family
members. I live in London in the United Kingdom.

Before my client death, i was working with him on a project, which is to
invest some amount of money in the United Kingdom but we could not conclude
the project due to his death. The said money is not directly under my
control, but if you can co-operate and work with me,i already have an
arrangement through which we can claim this funds.

Please reply to state your willingness to work with on this project. Upon
my receipt of your email stating your interest in this project, i Will
furnish you with the details of the arrangement that i have made for the
conclusion of this project.

Best Regards,

Mr .Leon Jones.

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