419 scam: Brian Roland <brian_roland@rocketmail.com> RE:Immense Bennefit

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447024077869 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- brian.rolandtp@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Brian Roland <brian_roland@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: brian-rolandxp@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Tue, 04 May 2010 15:28:00 -0300
Subject: RE:Immense Bennefit

THIS IS NOT A SALES, SOLICITATION OR SPAM.

I am a staff of Barclays Bank London. I am writing on behalf of my client
following an Opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to my
client and us. My client was a top government official in another country, who
banked with us in the UK. I was his personal
banker, who kept all this accounts and monitored all his investment
for him here
in the UK.

My client's bank account with us has been frozen due to some diminutive
investigation on my client. My client is a very rich man, worth over
$4 billion
US Dollars. A lot of these funds are frozen in different accounts due to the
reason I gave above, and we need to transfer some funds to an unnamed account
only I and my client know about, into your account. The above fund is not
connected with arms, drugs or money laundering.

Now! All we need from you is to let us know if you are interested
before we give
you more information.

The amount in question is very large so you alone cannot receive this cash. I
intend to use 4-5 people to conclude this transfer and the process shouldn't
take more than 5 days. For transparency I will fully outline the sharing
pattern, we have agreed to give you a
non-negotiable 10%, of the total money transferred and believe me, it is a lot
of cash.

Note: this transaction is confidential and risk free. Please note that all
necessary arrangement for the smooth transfer of these funds to you has been
finalized. We will discuss much in details when I receive your response.

Best regards
Mr. Brian Roland

Please get in touch with me urgently by this private E-mail:
(brian.rolandtp@hotmail.co.uk)
Phone: +447024077869

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