419 scam: "prueba" <prueba@luzelli.com> URGENT PLEASE!!!

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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.
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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- gordoncheni1144@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "prueba" <prueba@luzelli.com>
Reply-To: gordoncheni1144@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:52:03 -0500
Subject: URGENT PLEASE!!!

Mr. Gordon P. Chen
Vice President/Manager
Bank Of East Asia USA (NA)
San Gabriel Branch
168 West Valley Boulevard,
San Gabriel, CA 91776, USA

Greetings Friend,

I am Mr. Gordon Chen of The Bank of East Asia USA, San Gabriel Branch,California (USA), I write to seek your consent to carry out a transaction thatwould be highly beneficial to you and I. I know you may be wondering why I amcontacting you for this despite all the friends and relations that I have but Idecided to do this with an unknown person to avoid any form of blackmail in thefuture.

MR. DAVID ANGELL was an account holder with my bank. I have been his accountofficer for 11 years before his death. He died during the World Trade Centerbombing in September 11 2001,

Since his death, the management of my bank has made series of efforts to locatehis family but all efforts were proved abortive. I also carried out series ofresearch to find his family but it was confirmed that the mother who was theonly surviving member of the family died at the hearing of the son’s death. Hewas already divorced before his death and due to this fact; no one was able toclaim the fund he deposited in my bank legally because there was no will to it.He had a secret dollar account with my bank worth the sum of $58,200,000.00(Fifty Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with aninterest agreement of 6.7% which have been for the past 11years.

My purpose of contacting you now is this:

My bank during the last executive board meeting resolved that if by the end ofthis year and there is no beneficiary to the said account, the account will beconfiscated and the fund sent to the bank treasury and this is where I aminterested in and wants you to come in:

I want you to come in as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. I haveall the titled documents to back your claim and as the Vice President andManager of this branch, it is in my power to carry out any form of verificationon the beneficiary of the said fund and process the fund wire without anyproblem. I want you to know that this is legal and 100% risk free as all thetitled documents would be changed to your name and the fund will wired to anybank account you wish to have it wired to.

Please note that I am willing to let you have 40% of the total sum while yougive me 60% when the fund finally gets to your nominated bank account, Alsonote that I am willing to go extra mile to make this a success because ifanything goes wrong, then I stand the risk of losing my job and even go to jailfor trying to carry out such transaction. This is why I am contacting you sothat we can put heads together and take care of this transaction within now andthe next 9 days.

Kindly get back to me immediately with my private email address for securityreason (gordoncheni1144@hotmail.com)that I advice you on how this would be carried out.

Sincerely,
Mr. Gordon Chen.

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