419 scam: "JAMES BEN J (ESQ )" <jjben007@yahoo.com> CONTACT MY SECRETARY

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- iketagbo@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES BEN J (ESQ )" <jjben007@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: iketagbo@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 10:07:23 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY

My dear friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds worth of
$26m of my late client transferred under the co-operation of a new partner
from paraguay.Presently i'm in Japan for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transffering those funds despite that it failed
us somehow.

Now contact my secretary in Cotonou Benin Republic his name is Mr, IKE
TAGBO his Email.( iketagbo@yahoo.com ) ask him to send you the total
$2.5m bank draft which i raised in your favour for your compensation for
all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.i
appreciated your efforts at that time very much.

so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr,IKE TAGBO, and
instruct him where to send the amount to you. so that we can share the joy
after all the sufferness at that time.
In the moment, i'm very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that i had
forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf,so feel free to
contact him now to enable him send your money to you without any delay.

THANKS, GOD BLESS.
JAMES BEN J (ESQ )

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