419 scam: "Scott Breger" <olya@kolchuga.ru> Dear Sir,

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "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.
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.
- scottbregericia@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Scott Breger" <olya@kolchuga.ru>
Reply-To: scottbregericia@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:48:35 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir,

Scott Breger
119 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
Ontario M5R IC2, Canada

Dear Sir,

I am aware that this letter has come to you as a surprise as we have
not met before or handled any business relationship in the past.
Nevertheless, I have contacted you with genuine intentions and I hope
I can trust you with this Inheritance opportunity which will be
explained below.

My name is Scott Breger, an Account Manager with Royal Bank of Canada
(RBC). I retrieved your contact address in my search for the next of
kin to a deceased customer of our bank Mr. Matt Kelly, a citizen of
your country, who lived and died in London, Ontario Canada from
Cardiac Arrest in the year 2006. Unfortunately this customer died
intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status.
All efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have been
unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have monitored this
account in the bank for about 10 years now and no one has come forth
with any claim. I would like to present you to our bank as his next
of kin to claim this dormant account worth $6.9 Million USD (Six
Million Nine Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

You will apply to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased
customer while I work from the inside to make sure all needed
information and evidence are provided to you to back up your claim.
The
account has an open beneficiary status, which is why I have contacted
you to come forth and claim the funds as the next of kin and
beneficiary. Since he is from your country and you both share the same
last name, itâ€™s easy for you to become his official next of kin.
If we do not make a claim to the funds now, the funds would be
reverted back to the system as an unclaimed estate at the expiration
of a 10 year dormancy period as approved. I assure you that this
transaction would be handled under due inheritance procedures and
every necessary arrangement will be put in place to make you the real
beneficiary of the Inheritance. It also requires all confidentiality
at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely
discreet until you are able to claim the funds from the bank. Once the
funds are released to you, it will be shared between the two of us.
Please send your response to my personal email:
scottbregericia@gmail.com indicating your readiness to proceed with
this transaction and we will discuss more details as well as the
procedure to achieve a successful completion. This is an opportunity
of a lifetime and people achieve it every day.

I await your response
Sincerely,

Scott Breger
119 Yorkville Ave, Toronto
Ontario M5R IC2, Canada
Email: scottbregericia@gmail.com

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