419 scam: victor@ens.cablered.com.mx From Willy Varh

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: victor@ens.cablered.com.mx
Reply-To: willy_varh@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 09:53:15 -0700
Subject: From Willy Varh

>From Willy Varh,

This proposal is real, therefore I will like you to consider it very
important and I'm assuring you that it is not a joke. I am Mr. Willy Varh,
of Eco Bank Togo, working in Audit and Account Unit. During the course of
our auditing last year, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened
in our branch in 1992 and since 2003 the account has not been operated
again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered
that the owner of the account died along with his family in Iraq.

The owner of this account who was an origin of your country, a business
man based here in Togo. He use to supply goods to most of the Oil
servicing company here in Togo before he got a contract with the Kellogg
Brown & Root, a subsidiary of the Houston-based oil company Halliburton in
Iraq in 1999. According to reliable information I gather by myself, he was
in a two vehicle convoy with his family traveling from Baghdad when their
car hit an improvised device on the 5Th of August 2003.Until now no other
person knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence
concerning this account.

Meanwhile the total amount involved is amounting to ($6,000,000.00),
therefore I am contacting you as a foreigner to present you as the next of
kin to this our deceased client so that the proceeds of his account with
our Bank amounting to $ 6 million US dollars can be paid to you and then
you and I will share the money. The money can’t be approved to a local
account here; it could only be approved to any foreigner with valid
information of the deceased account.

I know that you will be surprised to receive this message since we have
not met before, however this is the only way I can contact you at this
moment due to the nature of this deal. We shall know ourselves better as
soon as you indicate your interest to work with me. I just want you to
know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out
successful, all I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see
this deal through.

Please get back to me soonest for more information. I'm looking forward to
hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Willy Varh.

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