419 scam: "Rickson Van Basten"<jhnngng@aol.com> Read Carefully....

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rickson Van Basten" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ricksonvbr@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 15:50:11 +0200
Subject: Read Carefully....

Attention: Sir/Madam,
Complement of the day, I am very sorry this may come as big supprise to you but all the same I have verified your profile from a human resources profile database from your country before contacting you. Though I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events. Well, I am Mr Rickson Van Basten,An attorney at law.I am contacting you personally on behalf of my late client.,Mr Jonathan Roussell,one of the US military troop assigned to Iraq as peace keeping force during the 2003 to 2007 Iraq war.
However, I do not trust anybody and sending you this message does not mean that I trust you.
I am contacting you on behalf of late Mr Jonathan and a huge sum of amount he placed under a financial institution in Spain.I am writting to intruduce you to a financial transaction,.A life changing opportunity..
Kindly view these links to have a complete picture of what I am talking about.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=136420&sectionid=3510203
Please email me back with your full details, your name, address, age, occupation, telephone and fax no:
Looking forward to your response.
Regard,
Mr. Rickson Van Basten (Esq)

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