419 scam: "Ms. Diana Smith " <marianccb4u35i@gmail.com> Compliment of the week

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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: "Ms. Diana Smith " <marianccb4u35i@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msdianasmith155@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 08:06:49 +0100
Subject: Compliment of the week

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Hello Dear,

Compliment of the week.

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it should
be treated as such, I am Diana Smith; I work in a Bank, This letter is
highly privileged, and it requires your immediate attention. You are
receiving this letter because your family name is connected to a
deceased customer Engineer. Michael, who was a national of your
country.

Engineer . Michael was involved in a Plane crash with his wife and
Three children in 2003. Michael had a fixed-term Deposit with our bank
which was worth Â£9.8m GBP. Since the event of the Crash, none of his
extended family has been located for the claim of this money.
There is an urgent need to present a beneficiary to the bank for the
claim of the inheritance.

The bank notified recently of their decision to declare the
inheritance to the government as their only option since there is no
available kin of the deceased to inherit the money. Given your
nationality with Engineer. Michael, I want to present you to the bank
as the beneficiary for the inheritance. Forward me your full contact
details for more details, also we can discuss your % OK.

Your Full Names:.........................
Your Address :.........................
Your Phone Numbers :.........................
Your Age :.........................
Your Occupations :.........................
Your Id :.........................

I look forward to your immediate response.

Kind Regards,
Ms. Diana Smith

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