419 scam: Lars Hard <larsonhard@hotmail.com> GOOD NEWS FROM JEFFREY ALLEN JONES .

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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)
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.
- +27742347852 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- jeffreyallen560@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lars Hard <larsonhard@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <jeffreyallen560@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:03:50 -0400
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM JEFFREY ALLEN JONES .

Jeffrey
Allen Jones.

Tel: +27742347852

EMAIL:
jeffreyallen560@yahoo.com.hk

Greetings,

I am.
JEFFREY ALLEN JONES, Head Accounts Management Section of a well-known Bank here
in South Africa .One of our accounts with holding balance of US$10,000,000 (Ten
Million United States Dollars) has been dormant and last Operated in the past
eight (4) years. From investigations and confirmations, the owner of this
account is a German Foreigner by name Adolf Merckle aged 74 years old,who
committed suicide on January 5th 2009 after his business empire ran into
trouble in the global economic financial crisis. Please refer to the news
website below to read more about our late client.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7814257.stm

Since
then nobody has done anything as regards to the claiming of this money as he
has no family member here in South Africa that is aware of the existence of
either the account or the fund. Several attempt to trace any of his relative
proof abortive and also Information from the National Immigration office states
that late Adolf Merckle was alone on point of entry into South Africa .

Our
Financial Institution is presently and by law the custodian of the money
belonging to the deceased, whose account I am responsible for monitoring and
officiating. The present mandate I have to present a credible beneficiary opens
the way for us to take advantage of the situation and use the money to
positively affect the lives of many instead of allowing the funds to be
completely lost, since no one knows about the money and no one will come
forward to claim the money as we already know.

I have
confidentially discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and we have
agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with. We thus propose to do
business with you, standing in as the next of kin of this fund from the
deceased and fund released to you after due processes have been followed.

This
transaction is totally free of risk and legal as the fund is Legitimate and
does not originate from drug or money laundry. On your interest, please send to
me

your
contact Telephone number

Full
names,

Age,

Occupation

and
Residential address.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey
Allen Jones.

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