419 scam: STEVE BRUCE <alexmooney02@gmail.com> RE:RECONFIRMATION

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- stevebruce015@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: STEVE BRUCE <alexmooney02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stevebruce015@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 01:46:49 -0700
Subject: RE:RECONFIRMATION

>From Mr. Steve Bruce.

I believed my letter will meet you in good health and your finest mood
today; my name is Mr.Steve Bruce,Private Auditor General with TD TRUST
GROUP BANK CANADA. I decided to seek a confidential co-operation with
you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our mutual
benefit and urge you to keep it a top secret because of the nature of
the transaction.

During the auditing of bank accounts at Bank , I discovered an
abandoned and unclaimed fund amounting to USD$26.400.000 .00 (Twenty
six million Four hundred thousand United States Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our deceased foreign customer, late Mr.
Paul-Louis Halley.

Paul-Louis Halley was a French businessman who part-founded the retail
company PromodÃ¨s, which later merged with Carrefour. Much of his
fortune came from his 11% stakeholding in Carrefour. He was estimated
to have a fortune of $2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes
World's Richest People list in 2003. He died in a plane crash on the
6th day of December 2003.Paul-Louis Halley founded the retail company
PromodÃ¨s in 1961, along with his father and brother. The company
merged with Carrefour in 1999, with Halley as the principal
shareholder.Please visit this wikipedia page below for more
information about Mr. Paul Louis
Halley:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Louis_Halley.

After going through his personal file in my bank, I discovered that he
died without any specific next of kin to these funds, such I make this
contact seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin/ heir
to the deceased so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at
USD$26.4 Million will be released to you as the beneficiary, which
will be shared in percentage ratio of 60: 40 between me and you
respectively. All I request of you is your utmost sincere
co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to achieve this deal
successfully. I have carefully worked out the modalities for execution
of this transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect you from
any breach of the law both in your country and here and beyond,
during and after the transfer of the fund to your bank account any
country of your choice.

Please i expect your prompt response so that i will enter into bank
database as to appear in the bank system that you are the named next
of kin /heir beneficiary of the fund, and then I will guide your
communication with Bank via which the funds will be released to you,
please reply to my private e-mail: (stevebruce015@gmail.com).for proper
confidential and security reasons.

Thanks in appreciation and anticipation of your urgent response.

Best regards,
Mr.Steve Bruce.
Private Auditor Genera

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