419 scam: "Dr. Ronney Kuykendall" <ronkuy@outlook.com> Hi 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:

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:
- ",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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- drronkuy@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Ronney Kuykendall" <ronkuy@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <drronkuy@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:41:17 -0700
Subject: Hi Greetings

Hi Greetings
Good day to you. I am Dr. Ron Kuykendall, a Consultant and Language Interpreter here in Madrid, Spain. I have a confidential business proposal I want to share with you in confidence, which I believe will benefit both of us. I got your contact information from the international brochure and I decided to contact you on this business based on that you bear a name familiar with our late client, who deposited the sum of US$22,000,000,00. (Twenty-Two Million United States of America Dollars) in a Bank Vault here in Spain, before he died on the 24th of March 2004 along with his wife and two children in a Motor Accident along Barcelona express way here in Spain. All efforts revealed no link to any of his family member. However, because of the international financial problems here in Spain, a lot of reform has been made within the Spanish Financial system; this includes the new law on succession/claims which indicates a duration in which such deposit could be tolerated, for this reason, i decided to contact you to present you as the next of kin family representative to the deposit. Since we got information about his death, the bank has been expecting his Next of Kin or a member of his family to come over to claim this Deposit. I am contacting you as a member of his family to come over for this claim, due to I am the Consultant and Language Interpreter that helped him with the preparation of the legal papers for the deposit here in Spain.
At this moment you should understand that this should be kept very confidential, let it be between me and you only. This is the only way we can achieve success. When responding to my Letter I need your telephone number where I can communicate with you easily and more confidentially, tell you more about this and how it will be done and possibly discuss percentage before we proceed. private email: drronkuy@yahoo.com.hk
SincerelyDr. Ron Kuykendall

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