419 scam: "MR PAULETASLAN" <test@slshaw.info> (no subject)

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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:
- "because it still remains the fastest medium of communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR PAULETASLAN" <test@slshaw.info>
Reply-To: pauletaslan@9.cn
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:19:55 +0000
Subject:

Deareat Friend, I am Mr.Paul a Senior Accountant & the Auditor General of one of the new generation Bank in UK. I work with the BANK in Alliance Leicester, London UK.. I have a business proposal for you Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused,But I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. During our investigation and Auditing in the Bank, in my department I came across an abandoned sum of money ( Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ) in an account belonging to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.Moises Saba Masri who died along with his entire family. He was a Jewish business mogul from Mexico who died on a helicopter crash early last year. Mr.Saba was 47-years-old when both his wife, his only son Avraham (Albert) and his daughter-in-law died in a helicopter crash.You can get more information abo ut Late Mr.Moises Saba Masri's unfortunate crash on the website-link below here. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html? I wish to know if we can work together such that you can stand as his Next of Kin to a Fixed Deposit of $8.5M which he made to our Bank. He died and left nobody behind as his Next of Kin. Please get back to me by my email (pauletaslan@9.cn)If you are interested to know much about this transaction. Your best regard Mr.Pauletaslan

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