419 scam: peterbello <peterbello@hotmail.fr> URGENT TRANSFER PROPOSAL

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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)
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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.

Fraud email example:

From: peterbello <peterbello@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mr.peterbello4@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:17:08 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: URGENT TRANSFER PROPOSAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greetings to you. I am called Mr, Peter Bello, from Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa. I am a banker by prefession working with the BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso.

I am contacting you to seek your interest over a business deal of Eighteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$18,700,000), i wish this money to be transferred into your bank account. The depositor of the fund died with his entire family during the Iraq War in December 2004. The customer used his wife as the next of kin but unfortunately, the wife and the only daughter died alongside with him leaving nobody for the claim.

According to our banking law, if the fund remains unclaimed for over Seven (7) Years then, the fund will be transferred into the Treasury of the Central Government as unclaimed Fund and if this happens, the Big Bank Directors here and Top Government Officials in this country will share the money among themselves. I do not want the fund to go into the Central Government Treasury Account as Unclaimed Fund, this is the reason why I want you to claim this fund as the Beneficiary/Next Of Kin.

So please, let us joint hands together and claim this fund from the Bank here, the percentage share will be in the ratio of 50% : 50%. I will present you to the bank here as his Business Partner so that the bank will transfer the fund into your bank account for us to share it as i have indicated above. Please contact me for more details about this deal if you are ready and willing to receive this fund but if you are not capable, also notify me immediately so that i will know the next thing to do.
I am waiting for your prompt reply for more details.
Thanks.

Mr.Peter Bello

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