419 scam: David Beth-Rapha <web.info111111@rogers.com> PLEASE HELP----------------

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: David Beth-Rapha <web.info111111@rogers.com>
Reply-To: David Beth-Rapha <dobent01@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2012 16:10:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE HELP----------------

Good day,

Please I would want you to read this message carefully and get back to me.

During our bank annual auditing, we discovered an account containing some amount of funds that belongs to a deceased client, a nationality of your country, bearing the same last name with you. This client died along with his next of kin on ice aged in plane crash. Since the dead, this fund has been in our bank generating some interests.

We have made several inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, then I decided to track his last name hence I contacted you. I want to know if you can join me claim the funds he left behind for our sharing before the funds would be confiscated by the bank. I would have gone directly to have the funds transferred to my personal bank account but I am not allowed because I am an African.

I can present you as a relation of the deceased so that the proceeds of the account can be paid to you. I can assure you that this deal is risk free and will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.

Please get back to me for more details.

Thank you,

Mr. David Beth-Rapha.

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