419 scam: "Mrs. Bethel Solundo" <gbsolundo@mmnnk.net> PLEASE HELP ME RECEIVE MY FUND INTO YOUR COUNTRY.

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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.
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.
- gbsolundo@ciudad.com.ar (Ciudad, Argentina; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Bethel Solundo" <gbsolundo@mmnnk.net>
Reply-To: gbsolundo@ciudad.com.ar
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:20:13 -0800 (PST)
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME RECEIVE MY FUND INTO YOUR COUNTRY.

My Dear,

My name is Mrs. Bethel Solundo widow
of former director of currency with the central bank of Benin Republic.

I need not dwell on how I
came by your contact information because there are many such possibilities
these days but I strongly believe that my instinct will not fail me for the
decision I've taken to hand over my fund to you for I believe I have been
destined to be of blessing to you and the less privilege in the society.

As a very sick woman who has
less than three months to live, I decided to hand over my fund to you after
praying over the situation as I have been recently been diagnosed of Cancer of
the Pelvic and I am presently in hospital where I am under going treatment.

My reason for contacting you
is due to the fact that I have USD$14.7M United States Dollars cash in a trunk
box that my late husband confided in me while he was still alive and in office which
I deposited with a security company and I want you to assist me retrieve and
receive the fund in your country as the beneficiary in which you should use 25%
of the total sum for yourself and then 75% you will share for the following:

1: For the sick, less-privileged
and destitute in the society.

2: For the Widows and the
motherless babies e.t.c.

3: Orphanages, Research
centers and widows propagating.

When I receive your
response, I will direct you at once to the security company. All I need from
you is truthfulness, honesty and sincerity assuring me that you can in all
honesty and obedience utilize the funds for the purpose with which it is meant.
In any case, a quick response from you will be highly appreciated as I am
already on a count-down and may not have ample time to finalize the procedures.

Any delay in response may
compel me to source for other measures or perhaps choose the alternative which
I will not be happy to. Please, do not see this as a strange possibility or an
unbelievable opportunity to make wealth, rather see this as a rare chance to
assist the less privileged in truth and in spirit with a substance.

I await your immediate
response at this email address (gbsolundo@ciudad.com.ar).

Mrs. Bethel Solundo.

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