419 scam: brennan george <brennangeorge703@gmail.com> Hello,

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: brennan george <brennangeorge703@gmail.com>
Reply-To: john.joe744@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:25:59 -0800
Subject: Hello,

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My name is Mr John a banker, I bring to you a life changing business
proposal which i consider very confidential. Please this is not a scam
or hoax mail and in case you find it in spam mailbox it maybe internet
explorer as you know this days the whole world is witnessing bad
network even me i receive some message in spam mail.

I wish to inform you that my email to you, is not intended to mock you
in any way but to share the benefit of this mutual confidential
transaction with you. I mean every word stated in my proposal to you
and i want you to treat this matter with all amount of seriousness.

I am contacting you in regards to my diseased congregant who was a
reputable customer to the aforementioned bank i manage regionally.
While my congregant/customer was alive, I operate/managed and guided
him on the operation of the account which he deposited a huge sum of
money but unfortunately he died in a plane crash together with his
entire family. May his soul rest in peace.

He had no next of kin and I am contacting you today because you can
stand as the NEXT OF KIN of the diseased customer and my bank will
Release/Transfer the mentioned amount to you if you accept this offer
because i can not claim this money as a citizen of this country but
will help you get all the information's you will be needed to achieve
our gold all i need is your acceptance to do it with me.

I discovered this abandoned sum in an investment account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers Late Dr. Ron Bramlage an American
businessman, who died along with his entire family, including his wife
and four children when his single-engine plane crashed while returning
from a vacation in the Bahamas in a swampy area in central Florida,
United States of America on the 7th of June, 2012. You can read more
about him through the below link:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156290/Florida-plane-crash-Tragedy-Kansas-family-dies.html

More details in your next reply.

Mr John

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