419 scam: "Carter F. Ham" <ravendano@insopesca.gob.ve> Mutual Benefit

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347032345734 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Carter F. Ham" <ravendano@insopesca.gob.ve>
Reply-To: general.carter@msn.com
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:50:03 -0430 (VET)
Subject: Mutual Benefit

Sir,
I am Gen. Carter F Ham, a commander with the U.S Army, currently in Libya on a special duty.

A few weeks ago I and my troop came across a some treasure on the Eastern province of Libya, among this treasure are Gold Dust (150 kilos), Gold Coin and Diamond. I have successfully shipped the treasure to a nearby country, where I have to decide what to do with this treasure. Though I already contacted a dealer in Algeria and he told me he does not have enough money to finance this business and I cannot ship it to the united States.

I got your contact from the internet and decided to contact you as an honest and trustworthy able businessman whom we can trust and transact business with.

As a trusted and honest businessman like you, we would like you to secure this great resources (Gold Dust) in your care pending my arrival to your country.

Note that this transaction demands the highest trust, security and confidentiality between us.

Moreover it is risk free in the sense that I have taken proper care of all formalities regarding this transaction. For your assistance and co-operation I have decided to give you 15% of the total money generated from it's sales and 5% mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses that we may occur during the process of transferring the resource to your country.

As soon as the resources mentioned above is successfully transferred in to your position. I intend to use my own share to acquire estates and landed properties in your country.

On commencement, I wish this transaction will take 14 working days to accomplish, please I need your urgent response so we can proceed positively. You can call or send me SMS to this mobile number; +2347032345734

For my own interest please treat confidential. Thanks.

For More information about me read this site link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter_Ham

Yours sincerely,
Gen.Carter F. Ham.

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