419 scam: Baruch Shalev <robertschmit401@gmail.com> I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE !!!

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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 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.
- shalevbaruch3@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Baruch Shalev <robertschmit401@gmail.com>
Reply-To: shalevbaruch3@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2019 22:53:31 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE !!!

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Dear Friend,

I am Mr Baruch Shalev and a personal Accountant Director with Foreign
Trade CitiBank of London. it is with good spirit of heart i opened up
this great opportunity to you. A deceased client of mine that shares
almost the same name as yours died as a result of heart-related
condition on march 2005.His heart condition was duo to the death of
the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26 December
2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all lost their lives.

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1999 by a long-time
client our bank,a national of your country.he was a CEO/a textile
company owner,business man,a miner at kruger mining company in
Cambodia. he was a geologist and consultant to several other mining
conglomerates operating in Cambodia, China, Taiwan ,Japan, Indonesia,
Pakistan,Vietnam all in Asia,before he passed away on 12th march 2005
leaving nobody as the next of kin of his account after his death.

The amount in this account is currently $32,640.000.00 (Thirty Two
million, Six Hundred And Forty Thousand United States dollars).I want
to present you as a beneficiary,I will use my position and influence
in our bank to make them release this money to you for us to share.

Kindly get back to me for more details via email address:
shalevbaruch3@gmail.com

Yours sincerely
Mr Baruch Shalev
Board of Director
Citibank of London
United Kingdom.

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