419 scam: <s-nakai@volvo-tohoauto.co.jp> Re

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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:
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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)
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.
- fabioduru1011@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <s-nakai@volvo-tohoauto.co.jp>
Reply-To: <hon.fabioduru01@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:25:20 +0900
Subject: Re

Greetings,

I am MR.FABIO DURU working with BANQUE ATLANTIQUE TOGO as their
SECRETARIAT GENERAL FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT, as an account officer to
late Engineer George ,I Hope that you will not expose or betray this
trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual
benefit of our both families.

I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds belonging to
one of customer late Engineer George who bears the same surname with you.
Our late customer late Engineer George was a companion to former Libyan
President Muhammar Gaddafi and Gaddafi was using him to run transactions
globally and the bottom line is that our late customer late Engineer
George was assassinated in Libyan. I am his personal account officer
with the account he has with our bank. My purpose of contacting you is
that our late customer late Engineer George deposited funds valued at (
US$9.6 million) with (150 kg of Gold) with our bank before his death
without an heir apparent, NEXT OF KIN, or beneficiary. I will like to
present you as the NEXT OF KIN to late Engineer George in order for you
to lay claim to the aforementioned funds and gold.

I solicit your cooperation and assistance. For this, I need your urgent
assistance in transferring the (US$9.6 million) with (150 kg of Gold) to
your account within 10 or 14 banking working days. This money has been
dormant for years in his account with our bank without claim. Our bank
will release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased
customer late Engineer George I don't want the money to go into
government treasury as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I am
contacting you so that our bank can release the funds and the Gold to
you as the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased customer late Engineer George.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete
it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give
you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that
you will have 50% of the above mentioned sum while 50% will be for me,
if you agree to handle this business with me. I am expecting your urgent
respond immediately.

Please be advised that the confidentiality of this transaction is non-
negotiable. Reply me via my private email; fabioduru1011@gmail.com

Best Regards.

Mr.Fabio Duru
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANQUE ATLANTIQUE TOGO
Security and Finance Company,
Direct line +22893266588

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