419 scam: "William Mubeny"<mubeny@outlook.com> Hello

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "William Mubeny" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wmubeny@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 09:49:00 -0800
Subject: Hello

Dear friend,

My name is William Mubeny,I work with the Surevaults Security and Finance company Rotterdam, the Netherlands as the head of Asset Management Department. I am getting in touch with you today,regarding the Estate of our deceased client and an investment placed under our management.

There was a customer in the name of (Mr. Paul Aurel) that deposited the sum of US$18.5 Million with us in the year 1998. In Mid 2000, he instructed that the principal sum US$9.5 Million be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Rotterdam-The Netherlands. We got in touch with a specialist bank in Rotterdam (ING Bank) who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to Mr. Aurel. Surprisingly, the ING Bank got in touch with us last month that this money has not been claimed. On further inquiries we found out that Mr. Aurel died with his entire family in a plane crash without a Next of Kin, which prompted me to solicit your support to affix your name as the appointed beneficiary to the fund.

If you are interested to work with me in this very important transaction, I can prepare the papers on your acceptance that you are the beneficiary of the fund and the bank will pay the money to you. I have chosen to compensate you with 40% of the proceed. I will use my privilege position in office to give the transaction its utmost diplomatic coverage it deserves.

Please, get back to me with your Complete Names, Address, Telephone Number, Age, Occupation and Country of Origin, for more information on the procedure of this claim.

I look forward to read from you.

Best Regards,

William Mubeny
Asset Management Department (SSF)

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