419 scam: David Morin <davidmorin40@yahoo.pt> Letter 25/11/2014

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: David Morin <davidmorin40@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: David Morin <david_morin001@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 15:20:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Letter 25/11/2014

Â Hello my friend,

Compliment of the season!

Please can you assist me in this profitable business? I am David Morin, Please i have to be brief here for security reasons and I want you to bear with me. I work with a financial institution here in Nigeria as an account officer with my bank.

So I contacted you to assist me in this business transaction as to apply as the next of kin to my Late customer's account with our bank, and a citizen of America, who died of cancer after years of struggling with the disease.

He was a wealthy Business man here, who used to work with an Oil Company here in Nigeria, and a customer to our bank.

However, to be brief with you, he deposited a huge amount in our bank before his sudden death, and died without a registered next of kin as he was a divorcee and had no child. So this account has an open beneficiary mandate, meaning that anybody can apply as the next of kin.

I have genuine reason for contacting you to stand as the next of kin to this account, since you are a foreigner, and i will give you my reasons and the complete information of this account by the time i receive your interest.

Please endeavor to provide me the following below in your reply:

Full Name:
Contact Address:
Profession:
Age:
Mobile Phone:

I urgently hope to get your response from you as soon as possible.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. David Morin

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