419 scam: "ISSAN KWAME"<info@silverseadanang.com> ARE YOU READY?

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "very confidential" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "ISSAN KWAME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <etimomois@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 17:10:01 +0300
Subject: ARE YOU READY?

Attention pls,

I am Kwame Issan, presently the current Manager at the National Westminster Bank Capital (London. I need a reliable and honest person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account. A foreigner (LATE NAZIR RUZU) an oil Merchant /contractor, before his sudden death some years ago deposited with my bank a closing balance of USD$10.2M: which, I successfully kept with instruction that it MUST be released to the BENEFICIARY, which I will present YOU.

Now, the bank expects the money to be claimed by the beneficiary as instructed. Though valuable efforts were been made to get in touch with any direct relative or next of kin, but all to no avail, Now some board of directors wants to confiscate the money or declare it Bank's money next year. This is why, I seek for your permission to PRESENT YOU as the next of kin so that the fund, USD$10.2M, would subsequently transfer into your bank account as the (beneficiary). I KNOW HE IS NOT RELATED TO YOU BUT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT WILL BE PERFECTED TO SUIT YOUR STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY.

I am assuring you 100% risk free involvement. Your share would be 30% of the total amount. While the rest 70% would be for me, which I can invest in your country. Kindly get back to me if you are capable and ready.

Kwame Issan,

National Westminster Bank

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