419 scam: admin@wordremind.com GOOD-DAY

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- iuerhfei1@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: admin@wordremind.com
Reply-To: chungsiukuen212@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:23:09 -0700
Subject: GOOD-DAY

From the Desk of Liu Erh Fei, Please treat this with the utmost confidentia=
lity and if you do not have interest I apologize for my intrusion on your t=
ime as I beg you to forget you ever received a letter like this. My name is=
Liu Erh Fei; I am a senior staff with Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Road, Cen=
tral, Main Branch, Hong Kong. I have a matter of utmost importance and conf=
identiality that I will like to discuss with you. I hope you will not be of=
fended as it will be of mutual benefit to us. I am contacting you concernin=
g an investment that was placed under our bank's management for a period of=
18 months in 2013. A client of my bank by the name Mr.Richard Gelb made a =
Fixed Deposit for this period in my branch. If you are familiar with privat=
e banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymit=
y, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. Upon mat=
urity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no r=
eply. After some months, we sent a reminder only to be informed of his deat=
h. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL=
, and all attempts to trace his next of kin have been fruitless as Mr.Richa=
rd Gelb did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,=
including his Bank Deposit for paper work in my Bank. If you are interested=
then a bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will th=
en be used to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficia=
ry/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share, W=
e share equally (45% each) while the balance 10% to cover all other expense=
s like taxes, lawyers fees etc.. There is no risk at all as all the paperwo=
rk for this transaction will be done by an attorney and my position as a to=
p official guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If you f=
ind yourself able to work with me, contact me through my email below as acc=
ording to the banking laws of Hong Kong,if nobody comes forward to claim th=
e funds after Five(5) Years,the money will be reverted back to the Governme=
nt . If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards =
a conclusion.Please send me your confidential telephone numbers for easy co=
mmunication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured tha=
t this transaction would be most profitable for both of us. Private Email:l=
iuerhfei1@gmail.com Best regards Liu Erh Fei. Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Ro=
ad, Central, Main Branch, Hong Kong.

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