419 scam: Howard Miller <dr_howardm04@yahoo.it> Re: Appointed As The Next of Kin

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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:
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +2348053636226 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- drhowardm@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Howard Miller <dr_howardm04@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: drhowardm@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:14:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: Appointed As The Next of Kin

>From Howard Miller
Public Relations Officer,
African Development Bank Nig Plc
Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria
Personal E-mail: drhowardm@gmail.com
Tel: +234-8053636226

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable Business proposal, though I don't know you neither have I seen you Before but my confidence was reposed on you when the Chief Executive of Lagos State chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me your contact for A confidential business. I am the Public Relations Office of African Development Bank Nig Plc, Ilupeju branch,Lagos Nigeria. The intended business is this; we Had a customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria, he was a Contractor with One of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in my bank branch The sum of US 22.6 Million (Twenty Two Million, Six Hundred Thousand U.S (Dollars).

Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until today Non-of His next of kin has come forward to claim the money. Having noticed This, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank have Covered Up the account all this while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to Be Fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account and other Relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim. We Will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up The Claims. The whole procedures will last only five working days to get The Fund retrieved successfully without trace even now or in future. Your Response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all Necessary things.

As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating Your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to Ensure that this deal is successfully concluded. For your assistance we Have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum at The end of the transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues and I And the remaining 10% would be for any form of expenses that may be Incurred during the course of the transaction which would be given to Us When the money is transferred into your account before splitting the Balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%.

In order to get all the Legal documents from the court, kindly send the following information To Us immediately. Your full name, telephone, mobile and fax numbers as Well as your resident or company address.I await your earliest Response. Please reply through my personal Email: drhowardm@gmail.com

Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
Howard Miller

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