419 scam: "U.S EMBASSY"<sally@fourthpig.org> INHERITANCE PAYMENT

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S EMBASSY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <whatman@ruraltel.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:40:45 -0700
Subject: INHERITANCE PAYMENT

To the attention of this email owner.

My name is Mrs. Yuri Kim , I am a South Korean-born U.S by nationality, I am serving as the United States Ambassador to Albania , There is this sum of US$79,752,000.00, that was deposited with BOA by a foreigner since 2018 and the depositor died without next of kin, I was his P.A when he was alive, Please I need your assistance for claiming this fund as his next of kin for both of us benefit for life time investment, I will like to present you as the next of kin to my late client, I will personally send your details to the bank as his next of kin if you are interested.

I have every detail of the late client and some necessary documents that will make the bank believe you and release the fund to you within 5-7 bank working days with your full cooperation with me. Note that 50% of the total funds is for you while 50% for me after successful transfer. Kindly contact me through my personal email as below if you are really interested in doing this business . I will give you more details of the funds only if you are capable of handling the transactions.

Cell- +1-970-670-0400 , text or email,
email: whatman@ruraltel.net
Ambassador YURI KIM

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