419 scam: hidden biju <hiddenbiju20@gmail.com> Urgent and confidential from Mr.Biju

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- hiddenbiju@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: hidden biju <hiddenbiju20@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:11:47 +0000
Subject: Urgent and confidential from Mr.Biju

Good day,

I am Mr,Hidden Biju, Chief Executive Officer foreign remittance department
Africa development bank of the Guinea Bissau (A.D.B), I am contacting you
concerning our late customer and, an investment placed under our banks
management before the Iraq war.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contacted you independently of my investigation and
no one is informed of this communication.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt
that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him.

I would like to acquaint you with certain facts that might be of interest to
you. In 2003, Abbas Kadhim, a businessman, also who was with the Iraqi
forces and our Client, made a fixed deposit of three million seven Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch here in Guinea
Bissau,(Usd$3.7M) a number of notices was sent to him when it was due, but
no response came from him till date. We later found out that the General
along with his family had been killed in a bomb blast that hit their home,
what bothers me most is according to the laws of my country at the
expiration of 6 years the funds will revert to the Guinea Bissau
Governmentif nobody comes for the funds.

Against this scenery, I have all the information needed to claim these
funds. All I require is your honest co-operation and I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect me and you
from any breach of the law.

Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this email if
you do not appreciate this proposal I have offered you. All confirmable
documents to back up this fund shall be made available to you, as soon as I
receive your reply, I shall let you know what is required of you. Your
earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Best Regards,

Mr,Hidden Biju

+245 62 61 181

Please Reply: HiddenBiju@yahoo.com<http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=HiddenBiju@yahoo.com>

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