419 scam: "Alfred Bello"<alfredbello300@live.com> Very Urgent Businees Transaction

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alfred Bello" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfredbello20@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:13:48 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent Businees Transaction

Barrister Ray & Associates
Notary Public,
25 Johnson Brown Way
Victoria Island
Lagos.
Nigeria. January 13th, 2011

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Barr King Raymond , a lawyer and a Nigerian. I
am the legal adviser to a Lebanese business mogul
who is resident in Nigeria. My client, Mr Vaswani
Henry is currently in Hospital been diagnosed of
a terminal sickness. He has asked me to donate his
life savings amounting to USD$5.500.000.00 to charity.
This fund is now available at the Central Bank of
Nigeria waiting to be wired to any bank account that
will be nominated by me.

As a Nigerian and a lawyer to the business man,
I cannot approve the said amount to myself as the
Nigerian Government will not agree to that hence
I am soliciting your assistance to receive the above
sum on my behalf if you will be interested. The funds
will be shared as follows, 30% of the funds goes to
me his lawyer for all my legal services rendered to
him,30% goes to you who will assist me in receiving
the funds, while 40% will be given to charity. I have
proof of his sickness if you require same for your
consumption.

If this is acceptable to you, please revert back to so
that we can set the ball rolling. The entire business
will be completed within seven working days upon the
receipt of your consent to this offer.

Please treat business with the up most confidentiality.

Best of My personal regards,

Barr King Raymond

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