419 scam: "Mr.Leslie Holt" <info@mail.com> Hello...FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATION.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- leslieholtt.hh@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Leslie Holt" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: leslieholtt.hh@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 00:02:00 -0300
Subject: Hello...FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATION.

Dear Friend,

This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as
serious could come into your mind but please consider it and accept it with
a deep sense of humility. Before proceeding, I wish to introduce myself to
you; I am Leslie Holt, a staff of NatWest Bank plc London, and head of the
accounts department.I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and
profitable business proposal which I believe will profit the both of us after
completion. I contacted you after a careful thought that you might be capable
of handling this business transaction, which i explain below. The sum of
(£18,500,000.00 Million Pounds), has been floating as unclaimed since 2000 in
my bank as all efforts to get across to the relatives of our client who
deposited the money have hit the stones. On July 25th, 2000, Mr. Kurt Ran
Kahle, Evlyne his wife, and their son Michael all died in the air France
concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

My position here at my office requires me to investigate and I therefore made
further investigations and discovered that Mr. Kurt Ran Kahle did not declare
any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his bank
deposit paperwork in my bank. I have decided to seek your assistance to have
you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund (£18,500,000.00 Million
Pounds), would be released in your name as the next of kin and paid into your
account. All documents and proof that will have you claim this fund without
stress will be forwarded to you upon your response to this mail more soon. I
want to inform you that i have unanimously agreed to offer you (£7.2M) of the
total sum for the assistance and role you are going to play in this
transaction,(£2.8M)will be given to charity organizations in your country
with your supervision while the remaining will be for me.

Please send your confidential telephone and fax number in your reply to this
mail: leslieholtt.hh@hotmail.com

Regards
Leslie Holt (Mr.)

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