419 scam: "MR MORRIS DAMMER"<masuda@clio.ne.jp> RE:Attention:The Beneficiary of reference code VAC70012012

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- mddd147@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR MORRIS DAMMER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mddd147@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 09:07:40 +0100
Subject: RE:Attention:The Beneficiary of reference code VAC70012012

Attention:The Beneficiary of reference code VAC70012012

I want you to reply back this mail within 24 hours, if you can get this , My name is MR. MORRIS DAMMER .Director United Nations International Payment Inspection Unit, New York USA, we have just received a mail with a transfer instruction from one Mrs. Yuri Seiko from Japan, she told us that , you were involved in a fatal automobile accident and you did not survived the accident and died as a result of the accident .She want us to transfer the total sum of (US$10,500,000.00 M) to the below account number:

A/C NO: 0489990001
BANK NAME: The Master Trust Bank of Japan
ACCOUNT NAME: Yuri Seiko
ADDRESS: MTBJ Building 2-11-3 Hamamatsucho Minato-ku Tokyo, 105-8579 Japan

She claimed that you are her family friend and a business partner and she also claim you have signed the letter of authorization before your death and instructed her to claim your outstanding inheritance funds of (US$10,500,000.00 M) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only that was deposit in the vault of the security company as an inheritance funds (Luggage No: VAC700120122)

Please, you have just 24hours to confirm, {if you can get this}, because we have received the authorization for the transfer to her in Japan and we have started the process, to transfer the fund to Mrs. Yuri Seiko account in Japan.as provided above.

Please, reply me on my private email {mddd147@yahoo.com} as soon as you received this mail , to enable us stop the transfer to Mrs.Yuri Seiko and also to help us direct you accordingly.

Await your quick reply.

MR MORRIS DAMMER
DIRECTOR,UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT
INSPECTION UNIT
NEW YORK. USA

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