419 scam: "MR.PROSPER AMEND" <Empleo@corpivensa.gob.ve> RE;Get Back To Me Now

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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:
- ",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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.PROSPER AMEND" <Empleo@corpivensa.gob.ve>
Reply-To: "MR.PROSPER AMEND" <prosperramend@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:26:45 -0430 (VET)
Subject: RE;Get Back To Me Now

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to remind you that your fund has been approved for payment. We
are contacting you to re-confirm your account coordinates, so that we
will NOT make wrong transfer of your fund and we would not be held
liable due to wrong disbursement of your fund.

However we received an email from one MR ROBERT EDWARD STANDISH , who
told us that his is your next of kin and that you died in a car
accident last four months back . His has also submitted his account
informations to the office department for transfer of the fund payment
credit to his as your inheritor of the fund stated herein .

We are now verifing by contacting your email address as we have in our
Bank records before we can make the transfer into his account and for
us to conclude confirmation if you are dead or still alive.

Please , in your reply confirmation to my office if still alive ,As
soon as we confirm from you we shall forward to him the payment
information stated below:

Payment Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 ,
Pin Code No: 55674
Released Code No: 0763;and Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ;Secret Code
No:
XXTN013,

This account information below was presented to us by MR ROBERT EDWARD
STANDISH where he would want the fund of USD$4,500,000.00 to be
transferred into: Does this account belongs to you?

BANK OF AMERICA ,
21 W.BARTLETT AVE, OMAK,
WASHINGTON STATE!!!
98841, ROUTING #125000024,
CHECKING#36093854, SAVINGS: 036093854.

Let us know as soon as possible if you are the one that gave the
approval and the authorization to transfer your fund into the said
account.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Contact me urgently and to
re-confirm your information to me through my personnel EMAIL(
prosper-amend@lenta.ru )

Thanks,
Yours Faithfully
MR.PROSPER AMEND

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