419 scam: "Barr Musa Bello"<coljfrank1@gmail.com> Reply me back

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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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barristermusabello@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barr Musa Bello" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrmusabello@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:33:05 -0400
Subject: Reply me back

Greetings Friend,

My name is Musa Bello,the Legal adviser to the late Proff Evans Attah Mills,the late president of the Republic of Ghana who died after a brief illness few months ago after his return from a medical check up from the United States.

Before My boss travelled for Medical treatment abroad,He handed the sum of U.S 18.5 Dollars over to me for safe keeping and strictly advised me to keep this secret even from his own personally family.

Because of his advice,I arranged this money carefully in a box and have deposited it with a security company in Ghana here as family belongings.Now that He is late,I have decided to move this said money out of Ghana for security reasons to any good country for investment because of their upcoming presidential election.I shall present your name to the security company here as a foreign partner who will assist me in claiming this treasure out of this country as soon as you declare your full interest in working with me as a partner because I have all the legal documents given to me after the deposit in my custody here and will be willing to send copies to you with the name of the Security company so that You can contact them yourself towards knowing the modalities towards the release of this fortune to you as I will make arrangement to join you in your country for investment as soon as this box of money is released to you.

I will offer you 30% of this said U.S $18.5 M as a compesation,10% will be mapped out to cover any expenses that might be incured during the process of the release of this box of money and 60% will be kept for my own use for investment in your country as soon as I join you.

Get back to me privately if you are interested with your full names,contact address,mobile telephone numbers and a scanned copy of your ID to enable me write an authourization letter of trust to the company in your favour indicating that I have appointed you to act on my behalf on the release of this said box.

My private email is,barristermusabello@yahoo.com

Tel;+233206366431

Barrister Musa Bello

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