419 scam: "Dijk Van Michan"<dijkmielen@aol.com> Respond to me if interested..

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- vanmichan@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dijk Van Michan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vanmichan@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:25:40 +0200
Subject: Respond to me if interested..

Dear Friend.

I know it will be a surprise for you to receive my proposal through the Internet which could not be the best method of sending you this kind of mutual message, well. My name is Dijk Van Michan, I work with the Finance Monetary Auditing Unit here in the Netherlands , we are in charge of auditing foreign account holders in all various banks here in Netherlands . I actually found your contact email address through my country international Web directory.
During our last annual inspections of all foreign account holders in all various bank accounts here in the Netherlands , My department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US$ 6,500,000.00 (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollar) which was deposited by one Mr. Jerry R. Williams a British citizen,and to my investigation why the account has be dormant for so long I found out that the account holder has actually died in a plane crash in November 1999 which lead to the dormant of the account.
As I investigate further I found out that the late Jerry R.Williams has not indicated any beneficiary or next of kin in his certificate of deposit which he used to deposited the money in post bank here in Netherlands to claim these
Funds.(US$ 6,500,000.00)and to the law of my country here in Netherlands when an account is dormant for more than eight 8 years the authority has every tendency to confiscate the account and the money will go to the government account,this is why am contacting you to stand as the next of kin or beneficiary to the deceased account since you are not a Netherlands citizen. I will provide all support proof documents to put you in the place of the beneficiary with the help of my lawyer upon hearing from you.
I will need us to work together if you are interested, and I assure you that I will provide all useful information’s and documentation that we enable us transfer the funds out of the bank where it is deposited here in post bank Netherlands into your designated bank account in your country legally without any problem. I would explain better to you on phone conversation upon hearing from you as I await your prompt responds. You can contact me on my private email:vanmichan@aol.com

Best Regards,
Dijk V.Michan

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