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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
  • "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +229426211 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
• 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.
  • highrisebanking1@yahoo.co.nz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • nalaibn2@yahoo.de

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Dr=20NALA?= <highrisebanking1@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: nala_ibn2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:15:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply Immediately


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: highrisebanking1@yahoo.co.nz

FROM: NALA IBINABO(PHD),

GRAND FINANCE AND TRUST BANK.

RUE CLUB DE L' AMITIE,

0251 B.P. 1625 COTONOU,

BéNIN REPUBLIQUE.

OFFICE MAIL: nalaibn2@yahoo.de



My Dear Friend,


In Other to transfer to overseas $28.5 million(USD)

from GRAND FINANCE AND TRUST BANK,Bénin Republique.

I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable

and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide

either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank

a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c

can serve to receive this funds quitely.


I am Dr.NALA IBINABO(PHD), the accountant/auditor of

the above Finance Corporation in Cotonou,Bénin Republique and personal

confidant to Mr.Alvaro Quesada of Dominican Republic in Caribbean

Island who died in a Plane Crash

accident(2002-04-19) on his way to attend a weddind ceremony together

with his wife and only Child (Alvaro Jr).





Mr.Alvaro Quesada, is From Dominican Republic in Caribbean Island,

and a prosperous Tobacco merchant, he died in the year 2002 without

having any beneficiary to his assets including his account here in Bénin

which he opened in the above stated bank in the year

2001 as his personal savings for the purpose of expansion

and developement of his company in Africa before his

untimely death in 2001.Until his death,he was the president of the

Dominican Tobacco Exporters Association.


And from my Investigation,i found out that No other person

knows about this account because he( Mr.Alvaro Quesada )

never knew that he is going to die so soon, and so

his purpose was not achieved. If i don't remit this money

immediately, it will get lost(may be it will go into the

pockets of the corrupt government officials who will never

use it for any reasonable thing at all).

I dont want to miss this opportunity because it comes ones

in a life time.





The amount involved is $28.5 million(USD)Twenty eight

million,five hundred United States Dollars and no other person knows

about this account. I am contacting you for us to transfer

this funds to your account as the beneficiary, I want to

first transfer $16,000.000.00(Sixteen million USD) from

this money into a safe account abroad, after which we

will transfer the remaining (12.5M). I am only contacting

you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved

to a local person here, without a valid foreign

international passport, but can only be approved to any

foreigner with valid international passport or drivers

license and foreign a/c, this is because the money is in

US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c, Alvaro Quesada

is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be

approved into a foreign a/c.





However, I am revealing this to you with belief in God

that you will never let me down in this business.I don't

know you and have never seen you before,i only got your

contacts from an international directory which my

secretary provided for me. You are the first and the only

person that I am contacting for this business, so please

reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to

take. Send also your private telephone and fax number.

I need your full co-operation to make this work because

the management is ready to approve this payment to any

foreigner who has correct information of this account,

which I will give to you, upon your positive response and

once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up

with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply

involved with me in this business.

I want to tell you that this transaction is 100% risk free

and legal because all the documents that will back up this

transaction will be available, so that no body will

question the fund when it is finaly tranfered to your account.


At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40%

of the total amount and 60% will be for me. I look forward

to your earliest reply through this email or my office Email.


You Can Call Me On This Number:+229-426-211


Thanks for your time.


Your's faithfully,


NALA IBINABO(PHD,)



Dr NALA

- Dr NALA

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