419 scam: "Benson Dave"<esther.boateng2@freemail.hu> A COPY OF THIS LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO MY SECRETARY (Mr. Benson Dave)

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- olori1@freemail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Benson Dave" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <esther.boateng02@freemail.hu>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 13:20:31 +0300
Subject: A COPY OF THIS LETTER HAS BEEN SENT TO MY SECRETARY (Mr. Benson Dave)

Dear Partner,

I am very sorry for my delay in responding to your emails. I am glad I finally got hold of you.

I lost so many email contacts but I am trying to gather as much as I can. I am happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Italy who is an international businessman.

Presently, I am in Italy for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts assisting me in during the transfer despite we fail transfer the fund to you.

Please urgently contact my secretary (Mr. Benson Dave) to his email contact below;

Name: Mr. Benson Dave
Email: olori1@freemail.hu

Ask him to send you the total sum of $1,250,000.00 (One Million, Two hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) which was your percentage as I and you agreed earlier before the transfer process.

I kept my promise to send your compensation for your past efforts and attempt you did to assist me in this matter both financially. I appreciated your efforts at that time. So feel free and get in touched with Benson Dave and instruct him where and how to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the efforts at that time and ensure you pay back the people you borrowed money at that time. In the moment, I am very busy here in Italy because of the investment projects which I and my new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to my lawyer as well on your behalf to receive the money. So feel free to contact with him. he will send the amount to you without any delay.

With best regards

Eng. Esther Boateng

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