419 scam: "MR PETER BEN"<peterben2@yahoo.cn> SENATE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
- "inf201senateben@hosanna.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "inf201senateben@hosanna.net" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR PETER BEN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inf201senateben@hosanna.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:35:18 +0100
Subject: SENATE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
COTONOU BENIN
e-mail: inf201senateben@hosanna.net

Our Ref: FGB /SNT/STB
ATTN: Beneficiary ,

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Benin Government, Under the PRESIDENT, BONI YAYI held a meeting last week concerning payment , both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your $4.5million USD accordingly .

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013 ,Having received these vital payment number , therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of Benin immediately within 24hrs .

Now you are directed to contact the Head of Computer Credit/telex Dept Of Alantic bank PLc Dr. Anarki Ozulu immediately so that he will pay your $4.5million USD and fax you the payment Copy Slip and also you should reconfirm your banking Details , this is to avoid mistake while transfering your overdue payment to you today . Contact this office now to avoid transfer mistake.
However, the only money you are to pay is the tranfer charge of $125 USD . This payment will be made only to our payment officer.

NOTE : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating , I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately

Best Regards
Senator Mayor Adam
SENATE PRESIDENT
(Federal Republic of Benin)
( E-mail: inf201senateben@hosanna.net )

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