419 scam: cdb cbb <cdb2015@msn.com> require yr. attn.

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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:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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)
- "ddb333@voila.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: cdb cbb <cdb2015@msn.com>
Reply-To: <ddb222@voila.fr>
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:26:25 +0000
Subject: require yr. attn.

good day,

I am Mr Jean W. Conteh an accountant working with one
of the Commercial Banks here in Ivory Coast, I am contacting you on a
business of transferring some large sum of money (united states
dollers) into a safe foreign account. I need your help to come out to
stand as the next of kin to late Mr. Burckhard, Erich, customer of our
bank who died in a plane crash with his entire family on Monday 2ND
September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to
Geneva.

I will need your participation in claiming this
deposit. This is the purpose of contacting you. If you are willing to
collaborate with me I will offer you 30% of the total sum while 5% will
be for miscellaneous expenses.You need not to have any negative
thought for every aspect of security concerning this transaction is
guaranteed, so If you are willing to collaborate with me,you will be
the beneficiary of this deposit for the immediate transfer of the money
out of the country to your account overseas without any hitch.

please treat with utmost confidentiality. For the purpose of
communication in this matter,i need your private phone and fax numbers.

I await your urgent response to my private address (ddb333@voila.fr).

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Jean Conteh

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