419 scam: "Mr.Archie Hunter." <hunterarchie24@yahoo.com.hk> May I have your consent to this.

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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)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Archie Hunter." <hunterarchie24@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: archie_hunter@rediffmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:50:21 +0300
Subject: May I have your consent to this.

Equity Business Investment.
From Mr.Archie Hunter - RBS London.

Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr.Archie Hunter.I am an Accountant working with Royal Bank of
Scotland (RBS ),Unitedkingdom(UK) . I want to identify and partnership with
you in your area of businesses.

What i am saying in essence is that i have intentions to invest in your
company and secondly on properties and to be precise Estate
Development or any
other profitable venture of your great idea. I am looking at investing the
funds in to an Equity Business Investment.

The sum to be expended was derived from a German property magnate late Mr.
Andreas Schranner, an Industrialist who died in a German Concorde Flight No.
AF4590 crash,the plane crashed into the Hotelissimo and his entire family
wiped out in the crash together with many others on Monday, 31 July, 2000,
13:22 GMT 14:22 UK .

He made a fixed deposit of a substantil amount(in Multiple Million US.Dollars)
in my bank branch (Royal Trust Bank London) where I have been his account
Officer/Manager since 1995.

Since that urgly inccident of July 2000 nobody has operated this account
uptill date and no other person knows about the existence of this account or
anything concerning it except me and most probably you as you read this
letter.I offer you 40% share while 60% will be for me.There are evidences of
this deposit and will be made available to you at the right time.Be informed
that this transaction is risk free as all modalities have been put in place
for a hitch free transfer to any bank account of your choice.Your urgent
expression of interest is needed,thereafter I will intimate you with more
details.

Do accept the best of my personal assurances and thank you for your time.

Yours Sincerely,
Archie Hunter.

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