419 scam: "Richard Fisher"<brigitta@reginajenni.ch> I need your assistance

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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)
- "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.
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.
- richf7154@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Fisher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <richf7154@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 05:58:47 +1100
Subject: I need your assistance

Dear Friend,

My name is Richard Fisher from Federal Reserve Bank New York District. I contacted you after I took a look into your profile, I will like us to handle a transaction of $10,700,000.00. Funds that have be abandoned for years by one of our late customers.

I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased since you share the same last name and nobody has come forward to lay claims to the proceeds of his account with us valued at $10,700,000.00. This can be paid to you as my client’s Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed percentage. All legal documents to backup your claim as the deceased Next of Kin, will be provided.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through as the funds will soon be declared unserviceable and eventually confiscated if no one comes for it. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me, to enable us discuss further about this transaction.

You can send me sms to my cell phone as call can be monitored: +1 706-813-4693, my private email is : richf7154@gmail.com

Awaiting your prompt response.

Regards,

Richard Fisher

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