419 scam: "Mr. Max Stevens" <administrator@jastel.co.th> Re: Inheritance..US$20,500,000.00

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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: "Mr. Max Stevens" <administrator@jastel.co.th>
Reply-To: jfwjleyii@aol.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 08:12:37 -0700
Subject: Re: Inheritance..US$20,500,000.00

Dear friend,

My name is Barrister E. Stevens of Holloway Chambers. law firm Nigeria. I have a client (a contractor) who executed a contract for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. This corporation control and manages the petroleum industry in the country. This my client, Mr. Yu Wang, an Asian and two of his colleagues died through air crash on June 6, 2012 in Lagos Nigeria which claimed the lives of all passengers and crew, 153 in all perished.

The crashed Dana air line had reg. Mark. 5N-RAM. His contract number is NNPC/FGN/0431/PH/REF/2011 and the amount is USD35.5M. This contract is turn around maintenance of Port Harcourt refinery Nigeria. He had received his fund after commissioning of the project and securely parked USD20,500,000.00 in United Bank for Africa., with all documents firmly kept in my chamber hoping to travel back from Abuja to pick up the funds before his tragic death.

I have searched for his next of kin to hand him over the documents but to no avail. I therefore seek your permission to use you as the next of kin to Mr. Yu Wang, and I will legally transfer the next of kinship to you, with all documents changed to your name as the rightful beneficiary of this fund.

I will give you more detail information about the fund in United Bank for Africa and direct you how to apply and claim the fund. If you are interested, I need your full name, address and telephone numbers. Sharing shall be 50% for me, 50% for you. I also intend to reinvest my share in your country on your advice on a better venture. This transaction will cost some money to procure the requisite documents. I hope you are willing to help even though I have some money to start off, so we can get it done quicker.

Please reply as quickly as you can if you are interested.

Kindly view the site of the plane crash,

http://naijagists.com/dana-plane-crash-victims-ncaa-releases-names-pictures-of-recovered-bodies/

Yours truly,
Barrister E. Stevens

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