419 scam: Wilfred Kabore <wilfred.kabore52@sify.com> BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS.

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Wilfred Kabore <wilfred.kabore52@sify.com>
Reply-To: wilfredkabore58@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 07:13:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR MUTUAL BENEFITS.

From Mr. Wilfred Kabore,
Assistant Foreign Remittance Director,

Bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou,
Burkina-Faso,West Africa.

Dear Friend,

I know that this message will be a surprise to you as
we have never met before.My name is Mr. Wilfred Kabore, I am a banker by
profession, presently holding the post of assistant director in foreign
remittance department, bank of Africa (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am
about to repose on you for the mutual benefits of our both families.
I need
your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($11.8M USD) to your account
within 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank
without claim. I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person
to our deceased customer, the owner of the account who died along with his
supposed next of kin in an air crash since 31st July, 2000.

I don't
want the money to go into the Reserve Bank of Burkina Faso (RBBF), as an
abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you so that the bank can
release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I
would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are
not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how
the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above
mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me.

Waiting for
your urgent reply.

Best Regard.
Mr. Wilfred Kabore.

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