419 scam: "Mr. Isaac Charles" <issaccharles232@hotmail.com> Urgent Reply'''''''''

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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:
- "million british pounds" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Isaac Charles" <issaccharles232@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrcharlesisaac0231@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:45:52 +0000
Subject: Urgent Reply'''''''''

Hello,
My Name is Mr. Charles Isaac, as Executive Consultant Officer in the International Remittance Department in a Bank of UK-London and a personal accountant officer to the great late Sir John Paul Getty who has an account in our banks here in United Kingdom. The account was opened in 2002 and he died in 2003 without a written or oral WILL, and since 2004 nobody has operated on this account again hence the money is floating, and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing, and Government of United Kingdom will confiscate the funds for their personal use, which I personally don't want such incident to happen being that this is a great opportunity in my life. So I will not allow it to Automatically move to the Bank Vault {Central Bank of United Kingdom} as 'UNCLAIMED FUND Because all arrangement that will ensure a smoothly transferring of the fund to your safe bank account which you are to provide is already in place as I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.
Be informed that the total amount involved is £30,000.000.00 (Thirty Million British Pounds Sterling) but we will transfer the fund in two batches, we will start the initial transfer with £20,000,000.00-GBP and after the successful sharing of the first transfer without any disappointment from your end, we will be together and apply for the second remaining part of £10,000.00-GBP. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here due to law in United Kingdom.
At the conclusion of this PROJECT, your share will be 40% of the total transfer sum, 50% for me, while 10% will be set aside for any expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process, because once the fund goes into your account, we will first reimburse all expenses before the actual sharing according to our agreed percentage. Take note of that.
Bellow is the information you have to send if you are interested in this deal.
A]. Bank Name.....................B]. Bank Address............C]. Account Number............D]. Beneficiary Name............E]. Swift Code ..............................F]. Telephone numbers..............G]. Your occupation...................H]. Your scanned international passport or drivers license for proper identification.
Thank you for your time and attention.Yours,Mr. Charles Isaac

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