419 scam: mrnarkaddison22@gmail.com Re: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED PLEASE

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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)
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- zwennes1956@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mrnarkaddison22@gmail.com
Reply-To: zwennes1956@hotmail.com
Date: 13 Jun 2016 15:47:11 -0400
Subject: Re: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED PLEASE

Dear friend I am sorry to contact you through this method but it is my only way to reach you,My name is Barrister Mark Addison Zwennes, I am the personal lawyer to late (MR.VAN GEERAARD HUSSEN.From DUTCH) he was a merchant business man here in Ghana west Africa, my late client before he died along side with all his family and his supposed next of kin to his properties left behind by MR.VAN GEERAARD HUSSEN. Before his sudden death, on this faithful day,May 12 2010, plane crash that happened in Libya, open to this website: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html?_r=1 ) MR.VAN GEERAARD HUSSEN. deposited a sum of (US$9.500.000.00)Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars with International Commercial Bank here in Ghana and i am his personal lawyer who signed and backed up all the necessary legal documents to this deposited funds with his Bank. Since then all effort has been made to reach or get any of his relatives but to no avail and now the bank has asked me to present my late client next of kin to claim his deposited funds because the bank is aware of his death but they did not know that he died with all his families. If i can have your trust and an assurance that if i present you to the bank as my late client next of kin and thereafter the bank transfer his deposited funds to any account you will provide to the bank, that you will give me whatever percentage we agreed upon. Please can we trust ourselves and work together as a brother and share these funds, i have all it will take legally to have the bank transfer these funds to your account without delay. Reply back to me through my Private email if you are interested to work with me. Email: zwennes1956@hotmail.com I am waiting. Regards. Barrister Mark A. Zwennes.

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