419 scam: "Mr. Terry Donald" <td@lakiribotoinhome.com> Re.Fund Officer

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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. Terry Donald" <td@lakiribotoinhome.com>
Reply-To: terrydonald67@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:17:25 +1000
Subject: Re.Fund Officer

Hello

My name is Terry Donald, the Overseas Fund Officer of an Investment
Bank here in London.My client, General Daoud Rajha who died recently
during the Syria insurgency, made a fixed deposit of Fourteen million,
three hundred thousand Pounds in my branch.

From investigations, he did not declare any next of kin. So, I need
you as a foreigner to act as the next of kin to get this fund for us
because the funds will revert to the UK Treasury if nobody comes
forward. My anticipated percentages for sharing shall be fair enough
60% for me, 40% for you.

Please specify by replying to state if you are interested.

Regards,

Mr. Terry Donald

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