419 scam: "Alex Yves"<alexyveslome> I'm greeting you

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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:
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alex Yves" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alexyveslome@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 22:48:38 -0500
Subject: I'm greeting you

I'm greeting you.

I resend the message below:

I am a regional manager in a bank, and there’s an estimated $10 billion US unclaimed in accounts that have been dormant for a long time, and the government wants to claim the money. I carefully monitor some of the accounts, and by virtue of my position, via due process, I can transfer the ownership of one of the accounts that is free to you as the heir apparent.

The money sits in dormant accounts for a period of time, after which the state is processing to claim the money through a process called escheatment, and instead of allowing the entire money to go to the government, I present a proposal for two of us to claim part of the money and share, 50% for me and 40% for you, and 10% set aside for the expense we will incur in the process of transferring the money to you.

I sincerely need your urgent response to enable me to elucidate in detail, and feel free to ask any question(s).

Yours faithfully
Alex Yves
Regional manager

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