419 scam: "Keith MacDonald"<mdl_kth3691@yahoo.com> Re:

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447011164380 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- k_md1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Keith MacDonald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m_kth1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:51:27 -0700
Subject: Re:

Greetings from me,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise however, it is just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I have been trying to reach you through your mobile number I came across with during the cause of my research, More over, I am a banker by profession, currently holding my Bank’s Acquisition Finance, Project Finance, Corporate Asset Finance and Transportation Finance businesses.

I have the opportunity and proof, this include all the legal necessary document of transferring a certain amount of money, which belong to one of my client but now a decease, he died along with his next of kin in a ghastly motor accident.

Hence I am inviting you for this business deal where this money can be transferred into, whereby using you as the next of kin to the fund and after that to be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40 (40% for you while 60% for me) If you agree to the proposal.

Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your positive response.

You can send your response through this Email k_md1@yahoo.com or through the mobile number below then after that I will give you the full details on how we are going to come to the conclusion of this great fortune.

Yours sincerely,

Keith MacDonald (Mr.)
Mobile: +44 701 116 4380

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