419 scam: "MAIL"<sppmail@sppmail.com.br> I am waiting

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MAIL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fattimaalhmed@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 20:27:56 -0700
Subject: I am waiting

I am aware that this letter has come to you as a

surprise as we have not met before or handled any

business deal in the past. Nevertheless, I have

contacted you with genuine intentions and I hope I can

trust you with this Inheritance opportunity which I

explain below.
My name is HANI, an accountant I retrieved your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank, who lived and died from Cardiac Arrest in the year 2012.

Unfortunately this customer died intestate leaving his

bank account with an open beneficiary status. All

efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have

been unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have

monitored this account in the bank for almost 10years

now and no one has come forth with any claim. I would

like to present you to our bank as his next of kin to

claim this dormant account worth $9.2 Million USD (Nine

Million two Hundred Thousand US Dollars).You will apply

to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased

customer while I work from the inside to make sure all

needed information and evidences are provided to you to

back up your claim. The account has an open beneficiary

status that is why I have contacted you to come forth

and claim the funds as the next of kin and beneficiary.

If we do not make claim to the funds now, the funds

would be reverted back to the system as unclaimed

estate at the expiration of dormancy period as

approved.
I assure you that this transaction would be handled

under due inheritance procedures and every necessary

legitimate arrangement will be put in place to make you

the real beneficiary of the inheritance funds. It also

requires all confidentiality at this stage and I

believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely

discreet until you are able to claim the funds from the

bank. Once the funds are released to you, it will be

shared between the two of us.

Please send your response indicating readiness to

proceed with this transaction and I would give you more

details, and we shall discuss more details as well as

the procedure to achieve a successful completion. This

is an opportunity of a lifetime and people achieve it

every day.
I await your response
Sincerely,
HANI

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