419 scam: "Mr. Chris Edward"<mail.ecm.citros.ru> Attention Please!!

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- chrisnedward6@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Chris Edward"<mail.ecm.citros.ru>
Reply-To: chrisnedward6@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 07:34:01 -0700
Subject: Attention Please!!

My name is Mr. Chris Edward Business Unit Manager (BUM) Scott Credit Union Bank Illinois United States, i came across your email address from a search in the internet database and i would like to discuss a business proposal with you, i have a deceased customer an American consultant to Chevron Company who died in a plane crash April 2020 with his wife and only daughter but before the crash, he made a fixed deposit value of $14.7M (Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with our bank.

I have been making several inquiries after the plane crash to locate any of his extended relatives all efforts was to no avail, later i further more investigation being the Business Unit Manager (BUM) to discover that his one and only next of kin was his daughter who died with them in the plane crash and right now his save deposit is to be declared UN-serviceable and confiscate by the bank as there is no indicated next of kin to claim his saved deposits amount.

Therefore, i am contacting you to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased customer saved deposit amount to receive the fund as the next of kin and after the fund is paid to you both of us will share the fund 60% for me and 40% to you instead of losing it to the bank or government account because presently the bank has issued a notification letter to provide the next of kin to the deceased customer to either make claim as the next of kin or to reactivate the period of deposit with a monthly surcharge of 10% to be deducted as an escrow safe keeping fee of the saved deposit amount.

Please if you are interested to partner with me reply via my personal email address for more updates about this transaction (chrisnedward6@gmail.com).

If you found this message in your spam/junk folder it could be due to the restrictions implemented by your internet service provider, please move the message to your inbox before you reply.

Best regards,
Mr. Chris Edward

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