419 scam: Mr Thomas Kingston <thomas.king1222@yahoo.es> YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Thomas Kingston <thomas.king1222@yahoo.es>
Reply-To: thomas_kings12_12@yahoo.es
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:07:06 +0100
Subject: YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

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Dearest,

My name is Mr Thomas Kingston , a bank accountant,I will need your
assistance in this business transaction.

I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased customer,
Mr
David Clemetson, who died in a plane crash in January 31st 2000 plane
crash.

He was a wealthy medical doctor who made a deposit of $17 Million with
our
bank.

He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now
have
an open beneficiary mandate.

If you are interested please do let me have your following information
so
that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.

Let me have your following information:

1, Full Name:

2, Address:

3, Phone Number:

4, Date of Birth:

5, Occupation:

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Best regards,
Mr Thomas Kingston

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