419 scam: cpd <department.claims16desk@gmail.com> WITH DUE RESPECT MY FRIEND!!!

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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:
- "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))
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
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.
- +27737776669 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- cpd2290@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: cpd <department.claims16desk@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cpd2290@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 9 May 2014 08:27:34 +0200
Subject: WITH DUE RESPECT MY FRIEND!!!

Dear Sir / Madam,

With due respect,

It is my humble pleasure to introduce myself to you. HOWEVER, I would need
your focus for a moment. I am Mr. Rabi Amos, the chief Auditor In Charge Of
the Foreign Remittance Department of a well known bank in South Africa. I
Hope that You Will not expose or betray this trust That I am about to rest
on you for the mutual benefit of our Both families. I urgently need your
help in Transferring the sum of Â£75.5M (Seventy Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand Pounds) to you or your company's account Within 7 banking days.

This money came from (Khamis Gaddafi) a senior military commander under His
Father Who Died in a battle with rebel Forces Between the villages of
Tarunah and Bani Walid in northwest Libya. I am His personal account
manager here in South Africa, this funds was Moved to me secretly for a
project of building an Estate in the Boksburg area of Johannesburg here in
South Africa. Two weeks after this fund Was Moved to my care for the Estate
building project, the Libya civilian war started. The Point Is That nobody
knows about this money except me. Now the reason I contacted you is Because
He is dead and the father Muammar Gaddafi is dead and nobody can say
anything about this fund except me Because It Was a Secret deal between us.
I do not want the money to go into our bank treasury as an abandoned fund.

For That reason, I contacted you to assist me and stand as the
beneficiary/contractor Whom we Awarded the contract of this building
project to claim the fund. Please Note That There is No Risk of Any kind
Involved in this business as there is no record of this fund bears the name
of (Khamis Gaddafi). My private lawyer will draft a contract agreement
between us so that the money Will be moved successfully to-any account of
your choice without Any Question or interruption by the government. Though
Khamis Gadaffi has-been using me to move His Funds and Gold Bar/Gold Dust
out of Libya and the last transaction before this one Was used to build
Some hotels in Southern Africa, this last project Was Unable to hold as a
result of the War That leads to His death.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it
if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full
details on how the business Will Be Executed. Note That You Will Have 45%
of the above sum if you AGREE to handle this business with me and 55% Will
Be for me.

I await your urgent need communication.

Best Regards,
Rabi Amos
+27737776669
cpd2290@gmail.com

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