419 scam: "Charles Koch"<makoto.1@giga.ocn.ne.jp> Please Respond As soon As You Can

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "charleskoch@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Koch" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charleskoch@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 07:46:03 -0800
Subject: Please Respond As soon As You Can

Dear Friend,
I tender a joint investment business proposal for your considerations and acceptance. I know that the receipt of my communication shall be a great surprise to you considering the fact that we did not know each other or had any business negotiations before now, I however, pray your respected self not to allow the above unnatural abnormalities to influence your decision to accept my genuine proposal and intentions which undoubtedly would be of immense mutual benefits to both of us.
May I introduce myself in detail for you and the need for your assistance to claim and invest my inheritance for me?
My name is Mr. Charles Koch. I am the former manager billing and exchange at the foreign remittance department of La Caixa Bank, Madrid - Spain. A friend of mine (Mr. Peter Brehovsky from Russia) whom I assisted in moving out his fund from our bank to his bank in Russia and USA without any bottleneck bureaucracy from the USA/Russian Governments decided to honor our verbal agreement of leaving behind 10% of the fund as my share of the deal.
This appreciation token is in the tune of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) left in his account with La Caixa Bank here in Madrid.
This fund is being left in his account since 6 months now waiting for an instruction from my friend to be released. According to my arrangement with him, whenever I am set to move out the fund to any bank of my choice, He is willing to instruct the bank (La Caixa bank) for onward transfer to the specified bank account. My purpose of contacting you is to enable me use your bank account to move out the fund I cannot do it alone. Because I live in Spain and as a staff of La Caixa, I will not be able to defend such fund if I should embark on the project alone. Hence, I contacted you.
If you are interested in this deal, let me know on your return mail so that I will give you more details on how to proceed further. Kindly contact me on this email: charleskoch@yandex.com
Thanks
Mr. Charles Koch

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