419 scam: "Mr. Eric Kaboure"<test@teletek.cn> URGENT REPLY

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.
- erikarenon@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Eric Kaboure" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <erikarenon@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:23:36 +0100
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Auditing Section in foreign remittance department
Bank of Africa, Benin Republic

Dear Friend,

I have picked up the trust and courage to write you this letter with
divine confidence that you are a reliable and honest Person who will
assist me for this important business transaction. My spirit directed me
to contact you in this transaction; I never know you in my person and I
would like to know you more.

I am a senior Auditing Officer with this bank of Africa (BOA) in
Benin Republic. There is an account opened in this bank in
2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account after the death
of an account owner. Then after going through some old files during last
year audit to verify the heir of the fund, I discovered that the
customer died with his entire family.The owner of this account died
since 2003.

He has no relative here and his Company has been closed and
no person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the
account has no next of kin and my investigation proved to me as well
that his company does not know anything about this account and the
amount involved is (US$3,940,000.00) Three million Nine Hundred and Forty
thousand United States Dollars. This amount I mentioned is without the
interest of the money, it is the subject amount which the man deposited
in this bank of Africa.

I want this total sum (US$3,940,000.00) Three million Nine Hundred and
Forty thousand United States Dollars to be transferred into a safe
foreign account abroad. I am contacting you based on the fact that you
are a foreigner because this money can only be approved for payment to a
foreigner. I know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as
we don't know each other before. But God is great; let us use our
identity card to recognition.

I suggested that our percentage shall be 40% for you while 60% is for me
as soon as you confirm the total sum into your bank account. I will come
over to your country for sharing of the money.I want you to contact me
through my alternative email address;mr Eric .erikarenon@hotmail.com

I will be waiting for your urgent response.

Regards,

Eric Kaboure

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