419 scam: "Mr. Randy Forman" <randyforman001@yandex.com> work with me

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Randy Forman" <randyforman001@yandex.com>
Reply-To: randyforman001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 10:27:17 -0800
Subject: work with me

Hello

With Due Respect, Please let this not be a surprised message to you. I need your assistant,

I saw your email address through an online business directory during my search for an honest person and I contacted you personally because I seriously needed your assistance

By way of introduction, I am Mr.Randy Forman, Head Auditor L.F.S. Limited, London, United Kingdom. In the course of my Job, I discovered a floating fund in an account which was opened in 1999 by one of our clients who died in 2005 leaving no heir or a will in his file.
Every effort made to track any member of his family has since failed. He fixed the funds in the Investment Deposit to a safe account.

I am proposing a Partnership where you will be required to set up a new account or provide an existing account that will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. I will compensate you with 30% of the funds after the transaction. This information I have on this account is confidential as no other person has access to it.

Please respond through my direct Private fax number or email, so that I can send you more detail on this proposition. I hope i can completely trust you to keep this information absolutely private because of my position in the Office.

Best Regards,
Randy Forman
L. F. S. Ltd. London, UK
Fax.....442031631635

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