419 scam: "MR JERRY SONG"<jerry2@postlimited.com> I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TRUST

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "foreign remittance department" (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.
- mrjerry.song@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR JERRY SONG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrjerry.song@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:07:26 -0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TRUST

FROM MR.JERRY SONG
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
AGRICULTURAL BANK.

PRIVATE EMAIL: mrjerry.song@gmail.com

Greetings Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Jerry Song, an Auditing /Accounting Officer Agricultural Bank. I got your information in a professional database when I was searching for a reliable, honest and trustworthy person to entrust this business with.

I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you, during my audit exercise in my department early today for the year records, i discovered an abandoned sum of Fifteen million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$15,500,000.00) in an account that belongs to our late customer, a German Estate Tycoon (Christian G. Eich) who died along with his wife and entire family on 25th July 2000, Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. Before his death, he made a numbered time (Fixed) deposit for twenty four calendar months valued at Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only(US$15,500,000.00) in my branch upon maturity.

I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply, finally we discovered from his contract employers the Elton Oil that Christian G. Eich died on Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making "WILL" and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in our bank. This sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still sitting in our bank with the principal sum without claims And i don't want the money to go into our bank treasury account as an abandoned fund, The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five (5) years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like to present you as the next of kin to Christian G. Eich. This transaction is very simple and 100% risk free,in as much as I will present you to our bank officially for this claims. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please consider my official positions, reputation

A bank account in any part of the world, which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary or next of kin. You can send an empty account to receive the funds, provided that the account is capable to receive incoming funds

Upon receipt of your reply, i will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 45% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me and 5% will be set aside for any expenses that arise on the process before the fund get into your account such as telephone call bills (etc) while 50% will go for me. Thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. I advise you to keep this as a "Top Secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you.

If you are willing to assist me provide me with below details

1. Name in full: ..................
2. Address: .......................
3. Nationality: ...................
4. Age: ...........................
5. Sex. ...........................
6. Occupation: ....................
7. Marital status: ................
8. Phone no: ......................

I look forward expecting to hear from you. You can reply through this email address. (mrjerry.song@gmail.com)

Best regards
Mr.Jerry Song.
mrjerry.song@gmail.com

NB:To read more about Christian G.Eich, visit this site:
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

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