419 scam: Kamilah Salem <kamil.skrzypek@neostrada.pl> ACT AS AUTHORITY

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Kamilah Salem <kamil.skrzypek@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: kamil.skrzyp@sify.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:29:56 -0800
Subject: ACT AS AUTHORITY

Hello,

I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't kn=
ow ourselves before; my name is Barr. KAMILAH SALEM a legal practitio=
ner, I found that your contact/profile will be more helpful to me and=
it gave me the greatest joy, which you are the one I have been looki=
ng for. Whom I strongly believe could execute this transaction with m=
e. And being positive that with your capability, this transaction of =
transferring US$19,500,000.00 will be successfully accomplished.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left=
behind by my late client to avoid it being confiscated or declared u=
nserviceable by the Finance House where this fund valued amount of mo=
ney is deposited by my client, who died with his wife and family in I=
ndonesia while working on a contract with PERTAMINA (Oil and Gas).=
=20
He and his entire family passed away as a result of the deadly Tsunam=
i.
Please log to this website for more about the Tsunami
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4381395.stm.

You might be wondering why I am communicating with you, believe it or=
not it is simply because you and my late client have the same second=
name. Being my late
Client=92s legal adviser, the Institution notified my office that I n=
eed to produce and to contact the next of kin of my deceased client t=
o MAKE CLAIMS of the said fund. Now, my intention is purely to seek y=
our consent to kindly present you as the legal next of kin/beneficiar=
y to my late client's fund. This would mean that the proceeds of the =
said fund would be released to you.=20

After the release of the funds to you, we shall then share it mutuall=
y, which will be 60% to me and 40% to you. My office would provide do=
cuments to back up your claim. The most important thing I need is you=
r honest/sincere cooperation in this task. And I assure you that this=
transaction will be legally executed according to the dictates of th=
e law, which will protect you from any infraction of the law.

However, if this proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my =
sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal wit=
h me, kindly get back to me with your interest immediately for furthe=
r details.

Best regards,
Kamilah Salem

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