419 scam: "Ben Anderson"<ben-anderson@gmx.com> Re: acknowledge the receipt of the attached document herein.

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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:
- "to your nominated 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)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ben Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ben.anderson@gmx.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 17:58:32 +0100
Subject: Re: acknowledge the receipt of the attached document herein.

My Friend,

I am pleased to inform you that the pending funds have been successfully released and transferred to Japan with the help of a new partner from Japan.

We are currently investing in Japan, China and South Korea. However, I did not forget all you also contributed to ensure that the pending funds is released and transferred to your nominated bank account despite that we did not achieve our dreams due to our inability to finance the transaction at that time.

Having discussed with my new Japanese partner, we agreed to compensate you with 10% of the total sum for your past effort towards the release of the funds.

The said 10% is on a safe custody deposit with UBA Bank Vault Department. More so, find attached, a letter of authorization issued in your favor that will authorize the UBA Bank to release and transfer the said 10% to any account of your choice via a telegraphic bank to bank wire transfer with immediate effect.

Thus, you are advised to sign and forward the attached letter of authorization to UBA Bank Vault Department Director of Operations for his immediate action.

If you act fast, the 10% to the tune of USD$3,680,000.00 will be wired to any designated foreign bank account of your choice within 3 banking working days.

Please write me once you receive the funds for my record.

Take care and remain blessed.

Yours truly,

Mr. Benjamin Anderson.

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