419 scam: "Chris Brown."<mail@seismicsource.com> ACKNOWLEDGE MY MAIL (Mutual Benefit)

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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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Chris Brown." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chrisbrownss@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:41:34 -0500
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE MY MAIL (Mutual Benefit)

Good day,

I have a business proposal which I would like to discuss with you confidentially.

I assisted a certain (Libyan) General by name (Mohammed Hadiya Al-Feitouri) to secure certain amount of his funds here in the UK, the general who was later involved in

the Libyan Crisis which claimed his life along the line.

I assisted him to deposited the funds with a Chinese name and the amount is a total of US$75,000,000.00 (Seventy-Five Million United States Dollars).The bank manager

where the funds was kept is aware of the deal and has agreed with me for us to nominate you as the beneficiary of the funds since no one will ever come for the money

because no next of kin was written in any document with the bank and the vault is a private vault.

If you accept to receive the funds as the beneficiary you will be given US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) and the bank manager and I will share

the remaining.

This transfer is 100% risk free having done all the underground works locally for the smooth transfer of the fund into your bank account within the shortest period as

the bank manager of the bank holding the fund is directly involved. I advised that you should keep this transaction a top secret and rest all correspondence to e-mail

or phone only for confidential reason.

To enable me start the process and remittance of the fund into your bank account successfully within 10 banking days, I need the following information from you by e-

mail:chrissbrown@protonmail.com

Individual Name.......................... ...................
Company Name.......................... ......................
Mobile Number........................ ......................
Office Number........................ ......................
Fax Number........................ ..........................
Residential Address....................... ..................
Company Address....................... ......................
Personal Email......................... .....................
Company Email......................... ......................

I will hope for your co-operation.
Sincerely Yours,
Chris Brown.

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