419 scam: "Arthur D. Smith"<postmaster@luckyfoods.com.my> BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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:
- "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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- arthurdsmithng234@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Arthur D. Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <arthurdsmithng234@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:51:48 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

From...Arthur D. Smith
Director of Investigations/ICU
United Bank for Africa (UBA)
Plot 1115a Adeola Odeku,
V/I Lagos-Nigeria.

Subject: Payment of the sum of US$13.9million

I am seeking for your cooperation to present you to my bank, as the next of kin to John Lee so that the sum of USD13, 900,000.00 will be pay to you as the beneficiary.

For your information, I am the head of investigations department of United Bank for Africa, the Board of Directors of United Bank for Africa mandated me to look for any known relations of the late John Lee for payment of his estate/funds he left behind with our bank as the Beneficiary, since, after his death 7/3/2013. However all my efforts traces abortive, that is the main reason i am writing you this to ask for your cooperation for us to claim this money, since he is a citizen/nationality of your country .I only have to approve you, this fund will be pay to you as the beneficiary. We are to share this money between ourselves (you and I).I have all the documents we needed to back up this claim legally.

If you are really interested in this offer you should contact me through this email address only: (arthurdsmithng234@gmail.com com) include

Note that this transaction is absolutely risk free business ad safe, this transaction will commence immediately there is interest from you. I await your positive response.

Regards,
Arthur d. Smith
Email: arthurdsmithng234@gmail.com

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