419 scam: "Mrs. Adrian Benjamin " <sedet@concordia.sc.gov.br> Dear

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Adrian Benjamin " <sedet@concordia.sc.gov.br>
Reply-To: "infomrsadri@yeah.net" <infomrsadri@yeah.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 13:53:01 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Dear

My Good Friend,

I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found your email contact listed in the Trade Center Chambers of Commerce directory here in London. I will like to introduce my self, i am Mrs. Adrian Benjamin 47 year old woman and i am an accountant in Halifax Bank in London, as personal accountant to late Mr. Newton Jackson who died in Earthquake crashed at the Capital City of Haiti. Late Newton Jackson dead living the sum of 250,000,000.00 British Pounds in a coded account section in our bank department it has been kept in a coded section in a secret way for that they was no next of kin as the beneficiary of this amount of funds, i will provide you all the document that the bank will ask you to provide as the beneficiary and all the coded particulars to the account is with me,i need some-one that i will give it to so that we can work together to received the funds from the bank. You have to understand that you are not going to spend any amount of money on this transaction.

You will be rewarded with percentage of the total sum of any amount that you want from the funds as a partnership. Can you be my partner on this? All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your full name and information with identification of prove as the beneficiary of this amount (250,000,000.00) Pounds, which will enable the bank transfer the money to you. I have decided to use this money to relocate to your country.

As soon as you indicate your interest, further instructions will be passed on to you on the procedure that we will follow in accomplishing this deal.

With Best Regards
Mrs. Adrian Benjamin
Reply To: infomrs@yeah.net

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