419 scam: philip kalu <philipkalu863@gmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP..............

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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.
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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- philipkalu863@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: philip kalu <philipkalu863@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2021 12:52:50 +0100
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP..............

Ned Bank South Africa
345 kukuma Layout,
Johannesburg,
South Africa
Contact email philipkalu863@gmail.com

Private And Confidential.

11/9/2021

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear honest one.
My name is Mr philip kalu The Group Managing Executive of Ned
bank South Africa. my partner and I have decided to contact you
because there is an account opened in this bank in 2013 and since 2015
nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some
old files in the records, we discovered that Mr. Smith B. Andrew died
in a plane crash of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (SQ006) was a
scheduled passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los
Angel's International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek Airport (now Taiwan
Taoyuan including his wife and only daughter.

If we do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited to
the government for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Smith B.
Andrew, a foreigner, and a miner at a Gold Company, a geologist by
profession. No other person knows this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that the company does not know anything about this account and
the money in this account is USD 10,000,000.00 (Ten Million
United States Dollars).

Since the death of this our customer, I personally have watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as
no one has come to claim his funds, which has been with our branch
for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his
name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the
next of kin.

In view of this, I got your contact through a trade journal when I was
making research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity.
For your assistant, I will give you 20% of the total amount then 10%
have been mapped out to be donated to the Orphanage home of your
choice,5% for the documentation while the remaining 65% will be for my
partner and i. Upon receipt of your response to my above email
philipkalu863@gmail.com), I will send you the procedures. I will
not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk-free
and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund have been finalized.

Kindly contact me on the above stated email.

Thanks and God bless You.

Yours faithfully.
Mr philip kalu
Group Managing Executive.
Ned Bank South Africa.

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