419 scam: "Richard Meddings"<imap@neware.se> Claim this business

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Meddings" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.richardmeddings00@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 09:18:27 +0100
Subject: Claim this business

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Richard Meddings, chairman audit committee (supervisory board) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas New York district. I am contacting you for a profitable business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us at the end of the execution. Being a honest person, I would like us to handle a transaction worth $56,000,000.00 (Fifty Six Million Dollar) that has been abandoned for years by our late customer who died in Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) which was a scheduled international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that crashed on 17 July 2014.

My good friend,the owner of this account is {Mr. Remco Kotte} an industrialist from Netherlands. No other person or person(s) knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me to be perfect and risk free.

However, I am revealing this to you believing in God that you will never let me down when the money is transferred into your nominated bank account. At the conclusion of this business, I will give to you 50% of the total amount,while 50% will be mine if the fund is released to you.

Richard Meddings,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
New York.

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