419 scam: "Mr. Ebenezer Osuteye" <osuteye01@one.co.il> Re: FUND TRANSFER OF US$68,000,000.00

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (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: "Mr. Ebenezer Osuteye" <osuteye01@one.co.il>
Reply-To: osuteye@one.co.il
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: FUND TRANSFER OF US$68,000,000.00

Dear President/CEO,

My Respect to you with your family. However I will like to
introduce myself before explaining my proposal to you. I am
Mr. Ebenezer Osuteye, I work as a Senior Manager, Information
Technology with International Commercial Bank, Accra Ghana.
I am contacting you because of my experience in the Bank and
about a dormant account of $68.000,000.00 (Sixty Eight Million
United State Dollars).

The Fund $68,000,000.00 United State Dollars, was deposited in
International Commercial Bank Accra Ghana on 9th march 2005 by
late Mr. Don Boutwell, an American citizen, during my auditing
I found that the Fund is dormant since that 2005.I made an
investigation and found out that Mr. Don Boutwell was working
with JE Merit Constructors Inc as the President in Texas America,
at the BP Chemical Refining plant in Texas City, Texas and
unfortunately died in a terrible and unpreventable explosion
in the company alongside other workers. I have since then placed
this amount on a suspense account without a beneficiary.

I got your contact during my quest for assistance and decided to
reach you directly to solicit your assistance and Guidelines in
making a deal about the transfer of the Fund ($68M USD) with me
from our Bank here in Ghana to your Country. Why I Contacted you
is to assist me in executing this Deal from Ghana to your Country
within the Next few days to stand as a legal beneficiary to Mr.
Don Boutwell. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer.

Upon completion of the successful transfer of the funds to your
account and confirmed by you, we will share 30% of this fund to
you while 70% shall be for me and 10% for expenses we might incure
during the course of the transfer. I do need to stress that there
are practically no risk involved in this.

I need to know if you will be able to handle this with me before
I explain to you more details. If you are interested please send
me your full names and private phone number for an Initial
confidential communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality
in handling this transaction.

Awaiting your reply through my private email osuteye@one.co.il

For your verification visit the following link.
http://www.icbank-gh.com/management.php

Your cooperation is highly needed.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Ebenezer Osuteye

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