419 scam: "Thomas Blackman"<prueba@dyk.cl> REPLY OR CALL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL

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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:
- "please indicate your interest" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447031964449 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Thomas Blackman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasblackman126@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 08:15:53 +0100
Subject: REPLY OR CALL IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROPOSAL

Attention:

I am Mr. Thomas Blackman, the Client Service Manager/Auditor General with a notable Financial home in United Kingdom
In the course of my auditing, I discovered a floating fund in a dormant account belonging to Mr. Mahmood Mustafa Dewani, an Industrialist/Oil Magnate, who made a fixed deposit of $42,500,000.00 for several calendar months; which was opened in 2001 at my branch.
Upon maturity, several notices were sent to him on annual basis for over 6 years ago (2007).Again after the war, another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Mr. Mahmood Mustafa Dewani and his family has been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was located.

My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct my bank to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation to the deceased customer. Should you be interested, please indicate your interest by sending me a message immediately via email and provide me with the following details as stated below;

YOUR FULL NAME,
YOUR OCCUPATION,
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS,
YOUR AGE,
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE OR MOBILE #.

I completely trust you to keep this proposition absolutely confidential as I look forward to your prompt response.
You can reach me in any of these numbers:+44 7031964449 or +44 7031974668

Sincerely,
Mr. Thomas Blackman

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