419 scam: George Crown <georgecrown@rdtc.ru> Greetings to you,

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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.
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.
- georgecrown19@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: George Crown <georgecrown@rdtc.ru>
Reply-To: <georgecrown19@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2019 18:14:00 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you,

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Good Day,

Mr. George Crown is my name, I work in a Bank here in Republic Du
Benin. And I personally handles the transactions of Mr. Hamza Hassan who
eventually died on the 6th of February 2014 from injuries he sustained
in auto crash that happened around 2:30pm 5years ago.

Before his death, Engr. Hamza Hassan lived and work in Benin Republic
and he was a Contractor with Benin Energy Dept. He has the sum of
($18.7M) in a fixed deposit account with the bank with no other
beneficiary nor next of kin. Now I write to seek your consent to present
you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr.
Hamza Hassan.

I am doing this business with you because the management of my bank is
ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has the correct
information to this account, which i will give to you when i am sure of
your capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit.

If you find this proposal acceptable,I shall require the following
details from you,for easy communication.

1.your full name........................
2.your telephone number.........
3.your country............................

Best Regards,

George Crown.
georgecrown19@gmail.com

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