419 scam: "Alex Kevin" <alexkevin192255@gmail.com> Excess profit

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alex Kevin" <alexkevin192255@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kevinalex5955@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:17:58 -0700
Subject: Excess profit

Good day,

I am Alex Kevin, Associate Director at a reputable Investment Group in the UK. I am in charge of all investors' Direct Capital Funds. I manage and administer the Capital Investment Funds of over 200 corporate investors.

Presently, I have currently made an excess profit of 1.2% from each investor's Investment Capital Funds. So far, I have secretly accumulated Â£11,950,000.00 from this excess return.

I cannot transfer this excess profit directly to myself or relatives, as it is against company policy. Therefore, I am reaching out to you to request your assistance in receiving these funds since we have no prior connection. If the funds are discovered, our establishment will convert them into the company's account, and the top officials will share it among themselves. I donâ€™t want this to happen, so I am seeking your cooperation in receiving these funds after you will be eligible for 50% of the total amount, while 50% will be mine.

Please kindly respond if you are interested. There's no risk involved, all you need is to open an online account with our affiliated bank so that I can move the funds to your account. After that, you can transfer the funds directly to your local bank account in your country via online transfer.

I am waiting for your response or delete if not interested.

Regards,
Alex Kevin

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