419 scam: BASHIR MAR <bars@yahoo.com> Pls. let me Confide in you

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045756667 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- alex.deanlbk@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- manager of skylife insurance: name: alex dean e-mail: alex.deanlbk@yahoo.co.uk tel: +447045756667 address: dudley & sandwell district (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: BASHIR MAR <bars@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bashirmar@yahoo.com.ph
Date: 28 Oct 2012 13:54:39 +0100
Subject: Pls. let me Confide in you

Hello Dear,

I'm contacting you to confide in you my situation.

My name is Bashir Mah, Cousin to Mr.Bashir Saleh Bashir, the former aide who served as head of the Libyan African Portfolio (LAP) to Late President Gaddafi. Mr. Saleh was been hunted for, but succeeded in escaping from Tripoli. Before he left, he handed over to me a safe-Box, containing cash of about $22M (Twenty Two Million Dollars) & forty Millions Riyal (Saudi Arabian Currency), but the name on the box is "PERSONAL EFFECTS & HISTORY BOOKS/DOCUMENTS". http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b3fe646-9385-11e1-8ca8-00144feab49a.html#axzz250r3rkd7 or http://libyaagainstsuperpowermedia.com/category/libya/saleh-bashir/

Two days later, My home was invaded by unknown gun-men while I was out of the house, following this Tension, I made a fast movement to pick up the box from where it was kept and flee to London to seek refuge in a friends place, but met his absent, I then deposited the box with a Security Firm there for safekeeping with the following details: NAME OF SECURITY FIRM: Skylife Insurance and Financial Home, OWNER: Bashir Mah, DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE NUMBER: SIFH0052-/11/PE/5640, CONTENTS OF THE BOX: PERSONAL EFFECTS & HISTORY BOOKS/DOCUMENTS.

I left London to African Country for safety of life but now I am stranded and not at ease, meanwhile I have lost all contacts due to terrorist attack & bomb blast that takes place on a daily bases. This is why I write to you so that you can contact the manager of Skylife Insurance requesting for the box as my friend.

Manager of Skylife Insurance:
Name: Alex Dean
E-mail: alex.deanlbk@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447045756667
Address: Dudley & Sandwell District Office, 2nd Floor, West Bromwich, B70 8LG, London, UK.

I want you to understand that I am no longer comfortable with the box being in London and with that security Firm, therefore, I want you to take urgent action as that is all I have and depend on. Please send your personal data to me at: bashirmah@hotmail.com so that I will know more about you. I will contact you occasionally to know the situation of things.

Thank you as I await your anticipated and quick action.

Best regards,
Bashir Mah

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