419 scam: "CAROLINE" <caroline@icassv.ro> sir-wells@hotmail.com

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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:
- "account opening" (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. )
- ",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.
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.
- carolinefreundbem@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CAROLINE" <caroline@icassv.ro>
Reply-To: carolinefreundbem@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2017 05:44:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: sir-wells@hotmail.com

Hello!

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have
never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose
among the numerous internet users in the world.I saw your profile on the
Internet, which has made me fulfill my request.

I am Mrs. Caroline Freund, the bill and exchange manager of Cahoot Finance
UK. In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of USD 8,000,000.00.
(Eight Million USD), on account of our foreign customers (MR Paul Louis
Halley) who died along with his wife in 2003 in the plane crash.

This dead client late Paul Louis Halley has the sum of $ 8,000,000.00 in
his bank account with my bank since 2003 until today.

After going through the late Paul Louis Halley file in the bank, I
discovered that he did not have next of kin or the beneficiary account in
his account opening documents.

Therefore I now sincerely and consciously seek your agreement to present
your date to the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that
the total value of $ 8,000,000 will be transferred to you, which will be
shared with this percentage ratio of 60% to Me and 40% to you.

According to our Banking Act of 1990, if the money is unclaimed after a
period of thirteen (13) years, it will be a government property.
Therefore, I have planned to upload your data in our banking system as a
follower of Mr. Halley because I have tried my best to locate any of his
family members but all such efforts were not successful.

I check this account for over 7-8 years and no one has ever come forward
to claim the fund. But I've found that (Late Mr. Paul Louis Halley) you
have not benefited before. So, after going through his file in our bank. I
sincerely and consciously seek your consent to present your data as the
next of kin / Will Beneficiary to this account, so that the total value of
USD 8,000,000.00, would be transferred to any bank account of your choice
for our mutual benefit.I'm going to share the money in the ratio of 60% to
me and 40% to you.

For more information; I want you to please contact me on my private e-mail
account: carolinefreundbem@yahoo.co.uk

When you contact me, I will give you more information.

Greetings.
Mrs. Caroline

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