419 scam: smtpf0x-41b3j@crievents.com Find very urgent

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: smtpf0x-41b3j@crievents.com
Reply-To: rodney.stanley001@gmail.com
Date: 19 Sep 2021 20:00:07 +0800
Subject: Find very urgent

Dear Friend,

I am contacting you for a business transfer of a huge sum of
money from a deceased account. Though know that a transaction of
this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I
am assuring you that every document that will bring about the
success of this transaction will be provided by me as a legal
practitioner , and all will be well at the end of the day.

I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction
and want you to stand as the next of Kin to funds $40,500 000 00
USD (Forty million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars
). The deceased person who died Richard Burson of Venice, Florida
died in air crash along with his wife Lenor Burson, on the 31st
October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on
board was an American Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation. You can confirm his death from the
website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.

WEBSITE.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

1. Full names and address,
2. Telephone and fax Number.
3. Occupation
4. A scan copy of your international passport or driverâ€™s
license.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact
me immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have
bestowed in you, I await your urgent mail now.

I await your reply.

Best Regards,
Stanley Rodney

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