419 scam: "AMINO BELLO"<aminobello2005@hotmail.com> Greetings to you and your family,

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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:
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "aminobello2005@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "AMINO BELLO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aminobello2005@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 23:51:00 -0800
Subject: Greetings to you and your family,

Greetings to you and your family,

I hope this mail meets you in good health, I am Mr. Amino Bello a member of the United Nations. In a meeting held last month,on the 13 of October, 2011. By the FBI of the United States, United Nations, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria, the UK crimes division, South African money laundry team, the Benin Republic crime Monitoring body. Due to Internet scams (fraudulent act).

We found out that most beneficiaries has been contacting impostors claiming to be Banks, EFCC, FBI, Courier Service etc. I want you to know that this people are fraudsters none of them are real and they do not have access to your fund.

When we were going through the list, we found out that the number of unpaid beneficiaries in the whole globe is over 700, whose fund has been held in west african region. You have been making a very great mistake paying money to the wrong people just to claim your said fund.

You were not suppose to pay any money for this, your fund has been lying there for over how many years and you still did not go through the right channel of getting your fund.

NOTE: FROM NOW ON I WILL ADVISE YOU TO DESIST FROM CONTACTING THOSE IMPOSTORS, YOUR FUND IS NOW UNDER THE CUSTODY OF AN INSURANCE COMPANY FOR YEARS NOW. YOU ARE ADVISE TO GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO I CAN GIVE YOU THE CONTACT DETAILS OF THE INSURANCE COMPANY WHERE YOUR FUND IS DEPOSITED FOR SAFE KEEPING. Contact e-mail: aminobello2005@ymail.com

I will await your prompt response,

Mr. Amino Bello.

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