419 scam: "Ms. Serena"<postmaster@tlgs.com.tw> Ms. Serena

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- seneras2015@yahoo.com.sg (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Serena" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <seneras2015@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:21:34 +0200
Subject: Ms. Serena

Dearest,

Compliments of the season and how you are today I hope fine,Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email message does
not meet your business or personal ethics, I really like to have a good relationship with you, and I have a special
reason why I decided to contact you because of the urgency of this matter.. Before I precede I Would like to introduce
myself to you. My name is Ms. Serena, 30 years old female and a staff of the above BANK .I have urgent and
confidential business proposition for you.

On September 2nd 1998, an oil contractor with the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation MR Baeumer, Ludwig, who was
my fiancée and was supposed to get marry to me before he died in plane crash , made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for twelve calendars valued at US9 million
United States dollars in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally i discovered from his contact Employers COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation that MR Baeumer, Ludwig, died in plane crash.

See below/ the site list of his name.

http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/

OR THIS LINK TOO

.http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/916128/

On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that MR Baeumer, Ludwig, did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$9.000.000.00 is still
sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

No one will come forward to claim it. According to the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE Law, at the expiration of some years the money will revert to the ownership of the COTE
D'IVOIRE Government if nobody applies to claim the funds as the year will get complete at the end of this month been 2015. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MR Baeumer, Ludwig, so that the fruits of this old man labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.

As an Accountant and a staff of this BANK, What we have to do is simple if you follow to my instructions. You will send to me your complete names, address and information’s
which I will secretly programmed in the computer account file of late MR Baeumer, Ludwig in our bank as his registered associate and next of kin before his death and
who is entitled to inherit the deposit in case of his death.
When this money is paid into your account, you take 50% share of the total sum and 50% will be for me.

You will also help me to invest my own share in your country. I will give you more details upon receipt of your response. Looking forward to see your urgent response and
your information’s through this my email address soon,
my email /

(seneras2015@yahoo.com.sg)

My phone number, +22554298146

Bye and waiting

Serena .

Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in the country.please kindly reply me on this email address (seneras2015@yahoo.com.sg)

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