419 scam: "Mr. Alex Mustapher" <alexmustapher@belleasts.net> BISNESS PROPOSAL

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +22998989107 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Alex Mustapher" <alexmustapher@belleasts.net>
Reply-To: mr.alexmustapher1@f-mail.net
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:30:39 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BISNESS PROPOSAL

BISNESS PROPOSAL

TRANSFER OF ($11.5million) Eleven Million Five hundred Dollars only I got your contact over the internet as a trustworthy and reliable person.please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today through this email.
My name is Mr Alex Mustapher .I am the personal accountant to a foreiner,Late Mr Kurt Kahle, resident foreigner here in Republic of Benin who unfortunately died intestate, along with his wife and son in the tragic air crash in Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK, leaving in our care a fairly huge amount of money in a domiciliary account with Bank Of Africa.

You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

I desprately need your assistance to secure and move huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of ($11.5million) Eleven Million, Five hundred Dollars only) I will pay you 30% of the total sum for your co-operation in this matter.

I will give you more details,on your positive response, also include in your reply and acknowledgement of this mail your telphone number so that we can disscuss in details.

My private email contact is mr.alexmustapher1@f-mail.net

Please remember to send your reply to my private email address or you can call me with my direct line at +229-98-989-107

N.B:

Keep this business secret and confidencial because i'm still in service with the bank, so i don't want any other person to know or have an idea about this. That's the reason you must not disclose it to any other person.

Hope you understand.

Regards,
Mr. Alex Mustapher

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