419 scam: Cris Waleh <mcwalker------cris@rogers.com> Can You Act..?

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Cris Waleh <mcwalker------cris@rogers.com>
Reply-To: mcwalkercrls@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:47:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Can You Act..?

Attention Sir,Before proceeding,I wish to introduce myself,am a Banker by profession and Mr. Cris Waleh by Name,I got your contact from the international association of address directory.

And i wish to do business with you,late Eng.McNatty Marksen,a Petrochemical Engineer with Petro-Chemical Company Nigeria. Until his death in plane crash,operated a domiciliary account with our Bank and had a closing balance as at the end of September 2000 amounting of $9,600,000.00(Nine Million,Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only),our bank now expects a next of kin as beneficiary to Late Depositor but to no avail.

Valuable efforts have been made by my Bank to get in touch with any of Late Eng.McNatty Marksen family as beneficiary to his estates account without success. It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Eng.McNatty Marksen next of kin, since there are no benefactor to Late Depositor.

I want you to understand that your not being his blood relative is never a barrier to the success of this business only if you will agree with me,As you can be a next of kin.To one can be his Father,Mother, Sister,Brother,Distant relations cousin,Nephew,Niece,In-law, business associate,friend,or even a well wisher According to Government Policy Internationally and here in Nigeria.

Consequently,the chairman and the board of Directors are planning to declare the fund Unclaimed and transfer it to special trust fund,In other to avert this negative development,I now seek your permission to have you stand as next- of -kin to Late Eng.McNatty Marksman,so that the fund $9,600,000.00 will be released and paid into your account as beneficiary's next of kin.I will help arrange all documents and proves to enable us get this fund transfer out from here to the account you will provide. I am assuring you that this transaction is risk free.Once the fund is moved to your nominated account in your Country,you will be entitle to 20%.

Your entitled share of 20% while the rest be for me and some people I will be working with here.

As soon as I receive your acceptance in principle, I will furnish you with the necessary modalities for commencement.Finally, having opened up to you, you can contact me via my email address If however you are not interested, please feel free to destroy this information.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Cris Waleh (BM)

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