419 scam: BELO MUSTAFA <belo_mustafa@sify.com> I NEED YOUR HELP FOR THIS TRANSFER CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- belo_mustafa@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: BELO MUSTAFA <belo_mustafa@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:33:49 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP FOR THIS TRANSFER CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE.

Dear friend,

Thank you for reading my mail. I am contacting you
concerning a customer and, aninvestment placed under our banks management years ago, I contacted you independently of
my investigation and no one is informed of this communication and I would like
to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

My name is Mr belo mustafa, I am the Auditing and Accounting
Manager with my Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso . In my department i
discovered an abandoned sum of (US$10million us dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customer.

There is no person that is coming for the money that i why i
am contacting you to stand for the claim of the money into your bank
account. i need your help to assist me
take the money away from the bank, And after then will shall share in ratio of
40% for you and 50% for me while 10% for expenses Should you please contact me
urgently so we can commence all arrangements and I Will give you more
information on how we would handle this project successfully and also you will
abide to my instruction.

Please treat this business with almost confidentiality and
send me the Following:

(1.)Your full name...

(2)Your address...

(3)Your country..

(4) Your age...

(5)Your occupation.......

(6)Your Private Phone number,

I will send you my details of this transaction as soon as i
hear from you thanks, trusting to hear
from you immediatelly with your contact information,

Note this please: Reply me with this email adress please for
security purpose(belo_mustafa@sify.com)

My Regard.

Mr bello mustafa.

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