419 scam: "Mr. Xie " <root@ausni.com.au> Re. For Whom It May Concern.

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "offshore 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.
- xieping959@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Xie " <root@ausni.com.au>
Reply-To: Shanemord@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:41:50 +0100
Subject: Re. For Whom It May Concern.

For Whom It May Concern,

My name is Mr. Xie Ping, Senior head, foreign marketing & clientâ€™s management department of Banco Transatlantico S.A. Panama city branch, Republic of Panama. In my department, we serve the interest of very wealthy foreign business directors, politicians, celebrities and world leaders as recommended by various cooperate law firms here in Panama.

I have no choice but to quickly write you this urgent mail, in the wake of the huge awareness generated by the recent leak of sensitive and confidential business files relating to offshore accounts of very prominent clients of Mossack Fonseca, tag: â€˜Panama Papersâ€™ that has generated so much awareness to the activities of cooperate law firms in helping the rich and famous in hiding their funds and avoiding taxation. Since the government is considering a review of the activities of cooperate law firms in relations to offshore companies and offshore accounts of various banks here in Panama. In view of this, I decided to quickly write to you in connection to a dormant account with similar last name as yours.

Before I reveal any sensitive information it is important I state categorically that all privilege information concerning my proposal and this business transaction should be treated with utmost confidentiality.

There is a dormant amount of USD$45.5 Million United States Dollars currently in one of my diseased client coded account. The late Rainer (Deceased) he died about 4 years ago without a next of kin in his files with me, because you share same last/surname, I can have a lawyer prepare necessary documents to present you as the next of kin and have funds released to you for us to share.

Should you be interested, then I will like to hear from you the soonest via my private contact above to enable me provide you with more details on how we are to proceed. It would also be very important for us to meet in person to review general details/terms and to also clear all doubts. Venue of meeting can either be in Panama, your country or any other major international cities.

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.Reply to : Xieping959@gmail.com

Kind regards,
Mr. Xie Ping
Xieping959@gmail.com

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