419 scam: Simon Goodluck <simongoodluck@voila.fr> Good Message From Mr.Simon Goodluck Moses

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Simon Goodluck <simongoodluck@voila.fr>
Reply-To: Simon Goodluck <simongoodluck01@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:14:53 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Good Message From Mr.Simon Goodluck Moses

Dear good beloved Friend,

Greetings of peace! I thank God for your life and know that the Lord our God Father will give us success. I am real true Christian from Roman Catholic Church. Please I have a problem which I needed a help from you, and I have decided to write you for help immediately.

My name is Mr. Simon Goodluck Moses, I am writing from Togo, Lome,West Africa. I am a staff of one of the biggest bank here. I want to transfer this funds $10, 300, 000.00 (Ten Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) that has been abandoned for years in our branch to your account abroad.

Indeed, the account owner is dead with his next of kin since August,2010. I want to present you to the bank as the next of kin/beneficiary of this inheritance fund. I wish to point out that I want 10% of this money be shared among the charity organizations,while the remaining 90% is shared equally between you and me.

Further details of the transaction, shall be forwarded to you as soon as you indicate your interest.

Kind regards,
Mr. Simon Goodluck Moses,

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