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:
- "benjaminanderson@gmx.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: "Ben Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benardanderson78@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 12:20:20 +0100
Subject: Re: acknowledge the receipt of the attached document herein!!!

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My Friend,

I am pleased to inform you that the held funds has been successfully released and transferred to Japan through the assistance 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 held funds is released and transferred to your nominated foreign 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 efforts 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.

You are advised to print out the attached letter and sign it after which you forward the signed copy to UBA Bank Vault Department for their immediate action.

If you act fast, the said 10% to the tune of (Three Million Six Hundred and Eighty Thousand United States Dollars) will be wired to any designated foreign bank account of your choice within 3 banking working days. Please acknowledge the receipt of this massage with the attached letter of authorization therein.

Yours truly,

Mr. Benjamin Anderson.

benjaminanderson@gmx.com

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