419 scam: Kevin Taylor <marrklinkseccng@gmail.com> 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.
- taylorkelvin99@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kevin Taylor <marrklinkseccng@gmail.com>
Reply-To: taylorkelvin99@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 00:36:02 -0700
Subject: Greetings to you,

I am Mr Kevin Taylor, a banker with the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank. A
deceased citizen of your country and a customer of our bank who I was
his account officer from 2008 had a fixed deposit with our bank in
2012 for 96 calendar months,and the due date for this deposit contract
was on the 22nd of August 2020. Sadly Mr. George Tsiklauri was among
the death victims of coronavirus in the United States together with
his family. It is unfortunate that Mr. George did not mention any Next
of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened. Recently, my Bank
Management requested that I should give instructions on what to do
about his funds, if to renew the contract for another 24 calendar
months since my bank is yet to have communication with him. I know
this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means to
handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happens to know
that the beneficiary is dead during this covid 19 pandemic and do not
have any Heir, they will take the funds for their personal use, so I
don't want such to happen since I have all the information that will
enable the fund to removed out the bank control.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fixed deposit and
properties before they get confiscated or declared non serviced by my
bank. I had to make a search before I was able to contact you and I
want you to be assured that my contact with you is under a very
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.I will provide you with additional details immediately I receive
response from you strictly through my personal email:
taylorkelvin99@gmail.com
If you are interested in this transaction.

Regards,
Kevin Taylor

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