419 scam: Ballack Gordon <conttmyin1234@att.net> I wait your response

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "foreign exchange" (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: Ballack Gordon <conttmyin1234@att.net>
Reply-To: bagord2@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:03:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I wait your response

Greetings,
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before, I am Mr.Ballack Gordon of Ubs Investment bank London.I'm a chartered accountant by training and the personal account officer of Late Mr.Heinz Bergmann, there is an account opened in this bank in 1997 and the owner of the said account was Late Mr.Heinz Bergmann, a German, who died in July 2001 in a Car accident with his only Daughter and wife, without relatives nor next of kin to stand as a claim/beneficiary to this man's fund, and the amount involve is (15.700.000.00 BGP) Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand British Pounds.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this transaction, you will be given 40% of the total amount, while 60% will be for me.
I wait your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Ballack Gordon

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