419 scam: "Mr.SAMSON BROWN" <samsonbrwn18@samson.org> GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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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:
- "search for a reliable person" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- samsonbrwn18@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.SAMSON BROWN" <samsonbrwn18@samson.org>
Reply-To: samsonbrwn18@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:09:16 -0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Good Day I got your reliable contact from the internet after a discrete search
for a reliable person that i can trust with this business.

My name is Mr.SAMSON BROWN and I work in the BANK here in Nigeria. I feel
quite safe dealing with you in this important Business. I was on a routine
inspection when I discovered a deposit account with a BAL. Of (TWELVE MILLION
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS).12.759

I later learn t on further discreet investigation that the depositor of the
funds has passed away (dead) leaving no beneficiary to the deposit.
The BANK will deliver this money to anyone with legal claims because the
former depositor is a foreigner. I am certainly sure that nobody will come
again for the claim of this money. We claim this money with legal claims to
the deposit Holder, therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.

I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this
money,Hoping in God that you will never let me down now and in future.
o.k!.Late Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri (November 1, 1944 - February 14,
2005),married to Nazek Audi Hariri, was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and
business tycoon, and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and
2000-2004)before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004.The late
Rafik Hariri died on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300
kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in
the Lebanese capital,

for more information please log on to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafik_Hariri

We WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T
KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU
AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL
AND A GENUINE BUSINESS. I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN
ONCE THE FUND GOES TO YOU.

Let me hear from you URGENTLY by this PRIVATE EMAIL:

samsonbrwn18@gmail.com

REGARDS.
Mr.SAMSON BROWN

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