419 scam: info@sana.com.cy TAKE IT TO HEART

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- dealings100@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@sana.com.cy
Reply-To: dealings100@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:15:10 +0200
Subject: TAKE IT TO HEART

Dear Friend,

I am the manager, Auditing and Accounting department of a bank (name of bank to be revealed later after your consent). In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$8.9M dollars (EIGHT MILION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died some years ago in a plane crash in Kenya. The deceased worked as a contractor in Johannesburg and he was on a visit to Kenya when he met his untimely death.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come and claim his money which was domiciled in an account in our Bank. We cannot release his money unless someone applies for it as his next of kin or relation to the deceased, as indicated in our banking ethics and policy. Unfortunately we discovered that this customer of ours died INTESTATE, leaving nobody behind for the claim. Based on this discovery I am making this proposal to you in order to release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement. Secondly the money is about to be forfeited into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill because the statutory time for forfeiture remains only two months to elapse.

We have plans in place to accommodate you irrespective of your country of origin as most important is the information available at our disposal. This is what the High Court would be concerned with in order to issue the relevant documents that will support your claim.

I and my colleague will give you 40% of this money as your share for partnering with us and allowing us to present you as the Beneficiary. We are prepared to finance all the expenses involved in securing the relevant court documents and hiring of a probate Attorney to carry out the claim process. The court process and documents will legally make you the beneficiary, hence an authorized recipient.

If your consent is received, we will draft a LETTER OF CLAIM on your behalf which you will sign and send back to me. The Attorney will present the letter to our bank and thereafter shall proceed to initiate an affidavit and other relevant documents through the High Court to back your claim. The Bank shall then with immediate effect release the fund to you as the Beneficiary.

To make this transaction 100% perfect and risk-free, confidentiality must be maintained at all times. I hope to receive your response and consent. Strictly use (dealings100@hotmail.com)for your response.

Regards,

Eric Adams.

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