419 scam: [*** SPAM ***] LETTER OF INTENT!!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From:
Reply-To: rka4774@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:20:27 +0100
Subject: [*** SPAM ***] LETTER OF INTENT!!

Good Day,

Pardon my intrusion into your privacy, I am Larry Kim by name and I

have emailed you earlier a few weeks ago without any response from

you. I am sending you this second Email in respect of my late client

that has same last name as you, an Independent Contractor. On

December 2020, my client, his wife and only daughter died as a result

of COVID-19, am compelled to do this because I would not want the bank

to push my clientâ€™s funds into the bank treasury as unclaimed

inheritance and the amount involved is millions of dollars. He died

together with his next of kin and as such the funds now have an open

beneficiary mandate. Fortunately both of you have the same last name

so it will be very easy to make you his official next of kin and the

money released to you and we share according to our agreed sharing

ratio. If you are interested kindly get back to me so that i can give

you Comprehensive details.

Yours faithfully,
Larry Kim,

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