419 scam: " MARTINS"<vincent@chou.be> Dear 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 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.
- asbank27@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " MARTINS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <asbank27@aim.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:04:37 -0700
Subject: Dear friend!!!,

Dear friend!!!,

My name is Mr. MARTINS AWELE.I work in the credit and accounts department of STANDARD BANK PLC. I write you in respect of a foreign customer with Domicilliary A/C number 6402356789. His name is Engineer Dr. Mohamed Galaln. He was among those who died in an Egypt Air plane crash some time ago.

Since the demise of this our customer, Engineer Mohamed Galal, who was an oil merchant/contractor, I have kept a close watch of the deposit records and accounts and since then no body has come to claim the money in this a/c as next of kin to the late Engineer. He had only $4.5mllion in his a/c and the a/c is coded. It is only an insider that could produce the code or password of the deposit particulars. As it stands now, there is nobody in that position to produce the needed information other than my very self considering my position in the bank.

Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit as next of kin, I hereby ask for your co operation in using your name as the next of kin to the deceased to send these funds out to a foreign offshore bank a/c for mutual sharing between myself and you. At this point I am the only one with the information because I have removed the deposit file from the safe . By so doing, what is required of you is to send an aplication laying claims of the deposit as next of kin to the late Engineer. I will need your full name and address telephone/fax number,company or residential. So that i can computerize them totally with next of kin column in the certificate of deposit.

Finally i want you to understand that the request for a foreigner as the next of kin is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and for that reason alone a local cannot represent as next of kin. When you contact me, then we shall discuss on how the money will be split between us. please kindly reply TO THIS EMAIL ADDRES ( asbank27@aim.com ) Trusting to hear from you,

I remain Respectfully yours,

Mr MARTINS AWELE

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