419 scam: "BEN. OTTI"<otti57@bk.ru> MUTUAL BUSINESS/INVESTMENT PROPOSITION

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "BEN. OTTI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <botti.nnpc@365trade.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 14:29:53 +0100
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS/INVESTMENT PROPOSITION

Good day,

It is my pleasure contacting you and would be happy to make a business acquaintance with you. I work with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C) as the Group Executive Director of Finance and Accounts and I am presently seeking for your sincere assistance in receiving the sum of Seventy Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$78.5M) on my behalf to be invested in profitable businesses through mutually agreed participation strategy.

To this end, I seek to know the possibility of going into partnership discussion with you within your present scope of business. Should you be interested to engage on more detailed discussion on the aforementioned proposal, I will be happy to do so in whatever medium you find much more appropriate for this investment business proposition.

I look towards your favorable response.

Thanks.

Mr. Bernard Otti.
Group Executive Director,
Finance & Accounts Department, NNPC.

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