419 scam: Robert Steven Kaplan <fredd60691737@gmail.com> Sir/Ma, Confirm this message it's about your unclaimed fund

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Robert Steven Kaplan <fredd60691737@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mark.jo6069@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 19:45:54 -0700
Subject: Sir/Ma, Confirm this message it's about your unclaimed fund

Attn: Sir/Ma ,

We wish to inform you that a power of attorney was forwarded to our
office yesterday morning , by two gentlemen regarding your unclaimed
fund of $2.5 Million Dollar. One of them is an American citizen named
Mr. Robert Porter and the other is Mr. Wilhelm Berg a Swedish citizen.

The document claims these gentlemen to be your authorized
representatives, and the power of attorney states that you are already
deceased. It further states that your death was due to COVID-19
Pandemic , with your date of death being July 27th, 2020.

They have now submitted a new account to replace the receiving account
that was in the original claim of funds. These funds have remained
unclaimed for quite some time and the need for resolution is pressing.

Below is the new account they submitted.

Account Name's : Robert Porter /Wilhelm Berg
Account: 5007-29 438 66
IBAN-nr: SE4150000000050072943866
Bic-kod: ESSESESS
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken. (SEB:)
SWEDEN.

In the event that you are in fact still alive, we ask that you confirm
your existence by responding to this email. You are to view this as a
matter requiring immediate attention and response. We have 48 hrs
monitoring of all activities within the Federal Reserve Bank.

We have contacted the bank in Sweden asking them to wait for further
directives from the Federal Reserve Bank, prior to authorizing any
withdrawals in any form. Our request is based entirely on our attempt
to verify that you are in fact deceased, before money is wrongly
disbursed.

Finally, we forewarn you that if we do not hear back from you shortly,
we will have to assume that you are in fact deceased and the Federal
Reserve bank will proceed with releasing funds to the above newly
submitted account.

Sincerely,
Mr. Robert Steven Kaplan.
Telex Dept. First National Bank
First National Bank
5 Mile, Healy Spur Rd, Healy, AK 99743, United States

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