419 scam: "Mrs Bernice Albertine King"<manager@parachaixgroup.com.au> Martin Luther King Jr Family (i need your quick response today )

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Bernice Albertine King" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.abertine4real@zohomail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 06:22:13 -0000
Subject: Martin Luther King Jr Family (i need your quick response today )

Good day Dearest

I am Mrs Bernice Albertine King , An American lawyer, minister of God, and the youngest child of late civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta from Atlanta, Georgia, United States

I wish to seek your honorable assistance in transferring a sum of money

(Twelve Million , three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($12,300,000,00 )belonging to my deceased congregant, Friend and Brother , whom I operated/managed and guided on the operation of the account in which he deposited the huge sum of money with Bank of America New York (USA) but unfortunately he was diagnosed with COVID-19,also known as the coronavirus which took his life afterwards on 15 August 2020. May his soul continue to Rest In Peace , Amen .

Are you in any way related to the deceased ? I am contacting you particularly because you bear the same surname(last name) with the deceased ? Are you in any way related to the deceased Doctor and Philanthropist ?

Kindly get back to me, even though you are not related to the deceased so we can discuss .I am really interested in knowing you and I apologize for any disturbance .

May the Good lord continue to bless and keep you and the Family

Sincerely

Mrs Bernice Albertine King

USA

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