419 scam: "Steven Bradley"<sbradley@sbae.com> Very Interesting

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- stevebradley65@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Steven Bradley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stevebradley65@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 14:33:32 +0700
Subject: Very Interesting

My Dear Friend,

Please do accept my apology if my mail infringes on your personal ethics. It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance to transfer some funds into your account. My name is Steven Bradley, a citizen of Australia working in a financial institution here in south east Asia as a supervisor,

I would like you to act as the next of kin to my deceased client, a contractor with one of the biggest oil servicing company in Asia who made a deposit of( USD25.7 million) only with us. He died in a plane crash with his immediate family without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate with our Bank, This means that any person from your country can act as the next of kin of the deceased person for claiming the inheritance funds without any risk involved.

My proposition to you is to present you to the bank as the Next of kin and beneficiary of my deceased client and the bank will pay this (USD25.7 million )to you and we share the amount on a mutually agreed percentage and go into investment partnership with you in your country. If you are interested in this transaction, Please do let me know immediately so that I can give you comprehensive details on how to proceed. contact my private email: ( stevebradley65@yahoo.com

Regards,
Steven Bradley
stevebradley65@yahoo.com

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