419 scam: "Mr. James Blake" <mrjamesblake6@gmail.com> Very Important 01/2014

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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.
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.
- mrjames.blake2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Blake" <mrjamesblake6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrjames.blake1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2014 13:19:00 +0800
Subject: Very Important 01/2014

Dear prospective partner,

I am writing to you in respect of an embattled friend of mine, Mr. Bo Xilai. My name is James Blake and I am a former Executive Director with the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (London) Limited. Our bank website is http://www.icbcasia.com/

My friend Mr. Bo Xilai has presented a subtle offer to me which requires the help of a financially credible partner to complete successfully. Mr. Xilai is in a difficult situation with the Chinese government and he wants the sum of $25million currently in a fixed-term deposit with the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China retrieved immediately for investment placement. More so, the retrieval must be made in such a way that it must not be linked to him. The fund is deposited in the name of an existing legal entity.

Your role will be:

[1]. To retrieve the funds as the new beneficiary.
[2]. To receive the funds into a business or private bank account.
[3]. To invest and Manage the funds outside China.

The transaction will be executed with legal documents that will make you the legitimate beneficiary of the funds. If you agree to partner with Mr. Xilai, send your full names and contact address to my private email address: mrjames.blake2@yahoo.com so I can send you a "Consultant Non Disclosure Agreement" for you to go through and decide whether to proceed or not.

For Mr. Bo Xilai's current profiles visit these sites:

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/23/world/asia/china-bo-xilai/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24170726

I look forward to hearing from you, and please, if for any reason you are not in a position to assist, kindly disregard this mail.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. James Blake
ICBC (London) Limited
36 King Street, London EC2V 8QQ, United Kingdom

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