419 scam: "MR.BOB HUNTER" <bobuk33@tiscali.cz> MR. BOB HUNTER

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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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.BOB HUNTER" <bobuk33@tiscali.cz>
Reply-To: mrbobhunter200@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:23:34 +0100
Subject: MR. BOB HUNTER

MR. BOB HUNTER
The Branch Manager
Abbey National plc
Abbey National House, 2 Triton Square,Regent's Place, London, NW1 3AN, United
Kingdom.

Hello,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business
or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself as Mr. Bob, a staff in
the Private Clients Section of a well-known bank, here in London, England.

One of our accounts, with holding balance of £15,000,000 (Fifteen Million
Pounds Sterling) has been dormant and last operated seven years ago. From
my investigations, the owner of the said account, a foreigner by name John
Shumejda died on the 4th of January 2002 in a plane crash in Birmingham;
for details on the crash you can view this CNN website http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/
for details on the tragic crash.

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this money,
as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the existence of
either the account or the funds; and also Information from the National Immigration
also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

I have confidently discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and
we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We therefore
propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of these
funds from the deceased and funds released to you after necessary processes
have been followed.

This transaction is totally free of risk and troubles as the fund is legitimate
and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal
act.

On your interest, let me hear from you.

Warm Regards,

______________________________________
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