419 scam: "Dr. Charles Muanu." <muanu@live.com> Re: URGENT

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Charles Muanu." <muanu@live.com>
Reply-To: charlesmuanu@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 02:46:49 +0700
Subject: Re: URGENT

Nice to meet you,

I am Dr. Charles Muanu the branch manager of Standard Chartered Bank,
Accra - Ghana.,A deceased client of Mine, by name Mr. Alexander Parker
and his entire family were lapsed while on holidays in Thailand.
Unfortunately he and his entire family were among the victims that
died in the Tsunami natural disaster of Phuket Thailand on the 26th of
December 2004.
My reason of contacting you is to seek your assist in repatriating the
money $9,300,000.00 million dollars left behind by my client before it
is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. The bank has
issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the Account will be
confiscated because there is a government gazette/mandate/authorizing
all banks to confiscate any account that has not been serviceable in a
long period of time, this is geared towards capital flight for the
economy.

I have moved the funds into what the bank call Escrow Call Account
with no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I can not be directly
connected to this money for obvious reasons. So my contacting you is
to assist me receive the funds in your bank account in your country
and the next of kind of the last Mr. Alexander Parker; which I know is
possible if you liaise properly with me and get 45% of the total funds
as your benefit.

The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank
wired transfer. All I need from you is to stand in as the next of kind
to the fund. I will compute your particulars as the next of kin in my
branch, so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to
your designated bank Account.

God will bless you and your family for your assistance towards to this
transaction.

Regards,

Dr. Charles Muanu

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