419 scam: "Kenneth Alexander"<kasper@orionet.ru> GOOD NEWS FOR YOU MY FRIEND

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- fe6101397@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kenneth Alexander" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fe6101397@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:24:39 -0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU MY FRIEND

My dear friend,

How are you today? I understand you may not remember me again, but I contacted you previously September, 2017. About a business transaction, don't know if you will remember. Actually you agreed to help me then but later opted out. Well I was able to successfully transfer the funds to another business partner that helped me.. At the same time I want to use this opportunity to say that I did not forget your past effort and attempts to assist me then, now I'm happy to inform you that i have succeeded in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from New York United States.

Now Contact my secretary and ask him to send to you the sum of ($150,000 Dollars) which I left with him for your compensation for your past effort to help me then. The US$150,000 was loaded inside ATM MASTER CARD as I instructed my banker before given it to my secretary so that once you receive the ATM MASTER CARD you will be able to withdraw the cash in any ATM machine in your country.
Contact him immediately and send the below information to him and direct him on how he will send the ATM MASTER CARD to you. His contact as stated below

NAME: MR FRANK EDSON and his E-mail: fe6101397@gmail.com

1,Your Full Name..........

2,Delivery address........

3,phone number............

4, email address............

In case you want to call me for us to celebrate together here is my number in New York +1(917) 9837239 though I am very busy with my partner for our investment here in New York City but you can always get me when calling.

Regards,

Mr. Kenneth Alexander.

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