419 scam: "Gabriel Edgal"<gabrieledg_aledgal@hotmail.com> Dear Friend.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- edgal@accountant.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- below and we can as well discuss this on phone. e-mail: edgal@accountant.com or gabrieledgaledgal@hotmail.com have a nice day and (Accountant; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gabriel Edgal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gabrieledgaledgal@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 16:39:58 -0000
Subject: Dear Friend.

Dear Friend

I am sorry to contact you unannounced through this medium and i pray that my decision to contact you will be given a genuine approval considering the fact that we haven't met each other before.

I am Gabriel Edgal, a Banker here in Ghana West Africa. I believe it is the wish of God for me to come across you at this time of the year. I am having an important business proposal i wish to share with you which I believe will interest you.

Please be patient while I explain this to you. It will be of mutual benefit to both of us if you will assist me. One Late Mr.Mohammed Hamid Amin an Oil Contractor a citizen of United Arab Emirates(Dubai) had a fixed deposit with my bank in 2004 for 36 calendar months, valued at (Eighteen Million,Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars) the due date for this deposit contract was on 16TH of January 2008 last year .Sadly Mr.Mohammed was among the death victims in the May 26 2006 Earthquake disaster in Jawa Indonesia that killed over 5,000 people. He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end.

My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because I was his account officer.and we later became close friend and at the time the deposit was made, Late Mr.Mohammed did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir in his account file because he was not married and has no children. Last week my Bank Management requested that Mohammed should give instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract.

I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means to handle the situation, because if my fellow Bank Directors happens to know that Mohammed is dead and do not have any Heir, they will take the funds for their personal use, so I don't want such to happen. I am now seeking your co-operation to present you as Next of Kin/ Heir to the account,since Mohammed did not mention any next of kin his account file and as a foreigner,you stand a better position to be presented through documentation as the Beneficiary,as you bear the same surname with him and my bank head quarter will release the account to you.
For your information ,there is no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law.It is better that we claim the money, than allowing my Bank Directors to take it, they are rich already.

I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds equal, 50/50% to both parties, my share will assist me to start my own company which has been my dream.

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as TOP SECRET. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response strictly through my personal email address below and We can as well discuss this on phone.

E-MAIL: Edgal@accountant.com OR Gabrieledgaledgal@hotmail.com

Have a nice day and God bless.

Anticipating your communication.

Sincerely Truly,

Gabriel Edgal.

www.ubagroup.com/ubaghana/

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