419 scam: "PROF.DAVID HAMILTON" <eric@ec365.com.tw> ABOUT SUSUMU.

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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:
- "million united states dollars" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031966282 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "PROF.DAVID HAMILTON" <eric@ec365.com.tw>
Reply-To: positivemind000@zoho.com
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:26:41 -0700
Subject: ABOUT SUSUMU.

Good day,
My name is Prof. David Hamilton (RETIRED), I live in London, United Kingdom, I am looking for any family member of an old friend who used to live here in UK and was in the business of Crude Oil brokerage mostly between Europe and Middle East.

His first name is (SUSUMU) ,but you and him have the same (FAMILY NAME), and this is why I have decided to contact you with this letter to try to find out from you if you know him or if he is one of your relations, he was my client for ten years when I was still working as legal adviser to so many foreigners who were doing businesses here in the UK before I retired.

Mr. Susumu died some years ago in the terrible Tsunami that hit Japan ,and unfortunately he was travelling to Miyagi prefecture with his wife (Keiko) and his only daughter (Namiko) when the Tsunami hit Japan and killed them all, it was a tragic event and I was so sad with the terrible accident.

The reason why I am looking for anyone related to Mr. Susumu is because Mr. Susumu bank account officer contacted me a year ago regarding the ($50,000,000.00) Fifty Million United States Dollars Mr. Susumu kept in the security vault of the bank before he died, the bank made me to know that Mr. Susumu died with his family in the Japan Tsunami, they knew after they did not see him visit the bank to check his cash deposits in their vault, the bank has searched through the Japanese Family Register for anyone who may be related to him, but he has no relation living in Japan ,because his father and mother traveled to USA in the early time and both died there in the USA, so it became very difficult to locate anyone who is directly his relations.

The reason for all this search is because the bank is looking for anyone who is related to him ,so that they can pay out the $50,000,000.00 to the person according to the banking laws of United Kingdom, the bank could not do anything because they couldn't find anyone related to him, now the bank is under the law to contact me as the last person who consulted for Mr. Susumu on all legal matters here in the UK to ask me to find anyone who is related to him to come forward and claim the $50,000,000.00, but I have also searched and could not find anyone related to him.

I am now using information's I gathered on the internet to contact people who have the same family name as Mr. Susumu to ask if they know him, please reply to me quickly after you receive this letter to inform me if you are his relative, so that we can discuss how the funds will be paid to you immediately, because by law if the bank does not find anyone to claim the funds they have the right to take the funds without paying it to anyone.

Please keep this information confidential and do not share it with anyone because this is a confidential letter.

I will be waiting and hoping for a reply from you.

Sincerely Yours,

Prof. David Hamilton (Retired)
15 Cunningham Avenue
ENFIELD, Middx EN3 6LB
United Kingdom
TEL/Fax: +44703 196 6282

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