419 scam: "Mr. Adams Rees" <gskshgdj@aol.com> Greetings!!!

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Adams Rees" <gskshgdj@aol.com>
Reply-To: arees959@ymail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 16:11:37 -0800
Subject: Greetings!!!

Good day,

Please I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is Mr. Adams Rees, A banker here in London UK, I will need your assistance in this business transaction. I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased customer who died in a plane crash in January 31st 2008 plane crash and you, share the same last name with the deceased customer.

He was a wealthy man who made a deposit of $6.2 Million (Six Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.) with our bank. He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate. If you are interested please do let me have your information so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do.

Please, again, note that I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.

This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Best Regard,

Mr. Adams Rees.

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