419 scam: David Kiki <ahmed2002menhmed@gmail.com> Friend, 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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: David Kiki <ahmed2002menhmed@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidkiki302@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:45:37 +0100
Subject: Friend, Greetings!

Friend, Greetings!

David Kiki,is my name. I work in a Bank in Benin Republic, and used to
personally handle transactions of Mr.Alghani Buhri, a citizen of
Egypt. Mr.Buhri died on the 5th of February, 2011 from injuries he
sustained at Cairo's Tahrir Square in the wake of the protest that
toppled Mubarak's government 3 years ago. Before his death Buhri lived
in Benin Republic and was a Contractor with Benin Energy dept. He has
US$4.3M in a fixed account with the bank with no other beneficiary.
Now i write to seek your consent to present you as a foreign partner
to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Buhri. Let me know if i
can work with you.

David Kiki

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