419 scam: "L. DUN."<Lard@600westmain.com> ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "L. DUN." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <skylay2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 06:25:34 -0400
Subject: ABOUT YOUR FAMILY MEMBER

Greetings

My name is Laron Duncan, I am a retired Banker but now, I work as a private Financial and investment
consultant.

In the Bank where I worked, there is this account which I believe that it belong to your late family
member/relation, Albert.

I would like to discuss this account with you.

I strongly believe that this account is connected to you considering that you and the late account owner
share the same surname.

I really wish to discuss a mutual beneficial proposition in detail with you regarding this account
and your connection as Albert the owner of the account is deceased.

Please, kindly email me your personal contact details or provide me with your PERSONAL telephone number
so that I can give you a call. it's important.

Waiting to hear from you.

Kind Regards,
Laron Duncan

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