419 scam: Raymond Kitchen <glovetsuppliersltd@att.net> thank you?

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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:
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
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.
- raymond.kitchen@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Kitchen <glovetsuppliersltd@att.net>
Reply-To: r.e.kitchen@leumibk.co.uk
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:22:31 -0800 (PST)
Subject: thank you?

FROM:

Mr. Raymond E. Kitchen, from BANK Leumi PLC, London

ATTN:

Sir,

I am Mr Raymond E. Kitchen from Harlesden North West London , here in England . I work at BANK Leumi PLC, London, I am writing you from my office that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the Marketing manager (Greater London Regional Office), I discovered an abandoned sum of $16.4 million USA Dollars (Sixteen Million four Hundred and Ten Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr. George Schwartz, American citizen who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the senility of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that, I personally has been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $16.4 Million Dollars can be paid to you.

All i need is to fill in your names to the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest co-operation; Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please, provide me the following: as we have 5 days to run it through, this is very URGENT PLEASE.

1. Your full Name

2. Your telephone number

3. Your contact address

Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more information. Endeavor to let me know your decision rather than keeping me waiting.

Private Email: r.e.kitchen@leumibk.co.uk or raymond.kitchen@yahoo.co.uk

Regards,

Mr. Raymond E. Kitchen

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