419 scam: "Nelson Baker"<nelsonbaker@accessbanking.com> I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE AND TRUST.

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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)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- nelsonbaker16@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Nelson Baker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bakernelson631@rocketmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 22:15:51 -0500
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE AND TRUST.

FROM THE DESK OF MR NELSON BAKER
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
ACCESS BANK.
LAGOS- NIGERIA.
With Due Respect

Dear Friend.

CONFIDENTIAL

I will like you to help me, in receiving of this fund into your Bank Account
.However; it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact
you for this transaction. I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign
remittance Department of ACCESS BANK here in Lagos , Nigeria . In my department
we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$24.5 Million dollars) in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign Customer (MR. PAUL LOUIS from Paris , France ) who
died along with His entire family in 6th of December 2003 in a plane crash.

I am afraid if this money stays in our bank without claim for long period of
time, our government will step in because the Banking laws here does not allow
such huge amount of money to stay dormant for more than 10 years. And you will
be receiving this money into your Bank account within 10 or 14 banking days.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after 10 or 11 years an above, the money will be transferred into the
Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you
as foreign partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and while
60%would be for me.

If you agree to my business proposal, further details of the transfer will be
forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return mail. Make sure you keep this
transaction as your top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund
into the account that you will provide to the Bank. Don't disclose it to any
body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it,
have a great day.

But before I send to you the text of application form which you will fill and
send it to the bank, I will like you to send me your data?s information.

( 1.)Name in full:....................................
( 2.)Address:.........................................
( 3.)Nationality:...................................
( 4.)Age:...............................................
( 5.)Sex.................................................
( 6.)Occupation:.......................................
( 7.)Marital status:.................................
( 8.)Private telephone no...........................
( 9.)Private fax no:..................................

However, feel free to ask me any question and I promise to clarify you on any
doubts, reply to my private email address as follow: (nelsonbaker16@hotmail.com)
for more confidential between us.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Baker.
Access Banking.
Lagos, Nigeria,
West Africa.

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