419 scam: Gabriel Sossou <kinross4@dragnet.com.au> Re: Sincerely urgent 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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Gabriel Sossou <kinross4@dragnet.com.au>
Reply-To: gs2nett@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:23:10 -0400
Subject: Re: Sincerely urgent please.

Dear Friend,

Please do not be surprise the way i got your contact. It is obvious that this
proposal will come to you as a surprise. This is because we have not meet
before but i am inspired to send you this email of huge fund transfer
opportunity which will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

First,I am GABRIEL SOSSOU,Credit officer TRUST FINACIAL COMPANY here in
cotonou.I believe that you will not betrayed me at last with the trust i intend
putting on you now.A foreigner, Late Engr.MAHMUD ALI IBRAHIM (snr)An iron steel
company chairman with the Federal Government here in Benin until his death some
years ago in a plain crash, deposited with us some amount of money worth
US$14,000,000(Fourteen million United States Dollars),the company now expects a
next of kin as beneficiary of this money and Valuable efforts have been made by
our company to get in touch with any of the MAHMUD ALI'S family or relatives
but to no avail.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of
Late Engr MAHMUD ALI IBRAHIM (snr)'s next of kin (he had no wife or children
that is known to us) that the management under the influence of our chairman
and members of the board of directors, have made arrangements for the fund to
be declared "Unclaimed" and subsequently be used to import ammunition's into
our country.

However, In order to avert this negative development, some of my trusted
colleagues and I, now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to
late Engr MAHMUD ALI IBRAHIM (snr) so that the fund US$14,000,000 will be
released and transferred into your account as the beneficiary.

All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund has been carefully worked
out. We have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of the
deceased beneficiaries, and more so, we are assuring you that this business is
100% risk free. So as soon as we receive an acknowledgment of the receipt of
this our mutual business proposal from you, we would furnish you with the
necessary disbursement ratio to suite both parties.If this proposal is
acceptable to you, do not hesitate to respond back immediately.

Yours sincerely,
Gab Sossou.

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