419 scam: "Mr. James Peter" <jpeter02@yahoo.com> Reply

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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 united states 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)
- ",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)
- "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.
- jpeter0016@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Peter" <jpeter02@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: jpeter0016@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:49:57 -0300 (CLST)
Subject: Reply

FROM: Mr.James Peter
London, UK.

Greetings to You,

Thank you for giving me your time. Please be patient and read my email. I
am a staff of NatWest Bank London Ltd, UK, attached to the private Banking
Services.

I am contacting you concerning a customer and an investment placed under
our bank's management about 5 years ago. In 2009, the subject matter; Ref:
Jp/mch/bank/107 came to our bank to engage in Private Banking services, I
was the officer assigned to his Account. We met on several occasions
prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to consider
various growth funds with prime ratings.

Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over 1.2 million United States
Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired
low risk guaranteed returns on investments. In compliance to the
instructions to liquidate the funds after 4 years in order for him to make
some Investment requiring cash payments in Europe and America, I made
numerous attempt to contact him after 3 years in order to get further
instructions from him. My effort to locate him was futile, so I
immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations
department of our bank.

A person who matched his description was declared dead of heart attack in
Cannes, South France. We were able to identify the body and cause of death
was confirmed.The bank immediately launched a search to locate possible
surviving next of kin to alert them about the situation and also to come
forward to claim his estate.

There is US$5,000,000.00 deposited, I am privy to the deposit details and
this will be released to no one unless I instruct my Bank to do so. I
decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of
his family but to no avail hence I contacted you. I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased as he no next of kin.

This is to enable us salvage the proceeds of his account and get it paid
to you instead. I have this obsession that if the directors of my bank
confiscate the money and enrich their pockets, it might not be put into
proper and useful ventures to benefit the poor masses of this world. I am
prepared to place you in a position to instruct my Bank to release the
deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the
deposit, If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process
and guide you towards a successful conclusion.

I await your quick response.

Yours Faithfully,
James Peter.
jpeter0016@yahoo.co.uk

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