419 scam: "Rick Burner"<rickburner@yahoo.co.uk> My last will

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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:
- "million british 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- drphillipbrown@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rick Burner" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drphillipbrown@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 19:05:11 -0000
Subject: My last will

I may be dead when you will be reading this message.My name is Rick Burner, i dont know who you are but i have this message for you from my hospital bed in London on a life support completely paralysed .The doctors said i have got ALS(Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)The doctors have given up hope on me so i am writing out my will to you. You are to becomes the beneficiary of my wealth.I left the sum of Five million British pounds (£5,000,000) in my bank account in London.I have decidd to make my wish of willing the fund to you.I might not be checking my next email so i have instructed my doctor ,Dr Phillip Brown to direct you to the bank to transfer the money to you.

I lost my wife of 15 years to terminal bowel cancer earlier this year.Our only child Mathew had died in a motor accident in 2008. I have nobody left to donate my money after i die.I am bequeting the money to you in good faith and i hope you will make good use of it.I want you to use the money for charity.I have given my doctor,Dr Phillip Brown my instruction to direct you to the bank.You will have to contact him and seek him to direct you to the bank where i deposited the money.He has my account number and every other information that will make you get the money from the bank.The email to contat him is drphillipbrown@hotmail.co.uk.

You can see him in the picture with me on my life support.I do not know how many days i left for me.But the doctors say it will be too short.You may have to reforward this email to Doctor Phillip so he will be convinced i have written this letter to you.

Take care and may God bless you.

Regards

Ricky Burner

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