419 scam: Steven Bester <tommy.scor111@pr.hu> FOR YOUR PERUSAL>

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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:
- "huge sum 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- stevebester1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steven Bester <tommy.scor111@pr.hu>
Reply-To: stevebester1@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2017 15:01:10 +0100
Subject: FOR YOUR PERUSAL>

Hello ,

My Name is Barrister. Steven Bester , a family lawyer to Mr. Muqaddim Wahhab who originated from Palestine but resided in London, I hereby solicit your strictly confidence on a good business transaction involving a huge sum of money from my deceased client Mr. Muqaddim Wahhab who died in a bomb blast in his home town in Palestine with his entire family. Mr. Muqaddim Wahhab was a multi-Million dollar businessmen here in London and also in the United States.

He deposited the sum of $16,500,000 .00 for safe keeping in a Bank in the United States.This fund was actually for a a multi million Dollar steel plant project in the United States before his sudden and untimely death. Since his death none of his relatives or next-of-kin has come forward to claim the funds as the heir. From all my records as his family lawyer, his next of kins are his wife and his two children who were equally involved in the bomb blast.

As the family lawyer, the Bank has contacted me severally to present to them the name of next of kin to Mr. Muqaddim Wahhab, but I have not succeeded in presenting any one. I have decided to contact you due to the geographical region where you are located.I want to present you as his business partner/beneficiary, because i cannot claim the funds myself being his family lawyer.

Please I need your urgent co-operation because I do not want this money to go into the Bank Treasury. The banking policy and guideline stipulates that any unclaimed money belonging to a deceased person for the period of 5 years will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as an unclaimed fund.

All I require now is your honest Co-operation , Confidentiality and trusts to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, as his family lawyer, I have in my possession all the documents that might be required from the Bank for verification before releasing this funds to your account. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 50% to you.

Kindly send the below information if you are interested:

1. Full Name:
2. Telephone Number:
3. Contact Address:
4. Age:
5. Occupation:

Kindly send the above information to my email address: stevebester1@hotmail.com

Best Regards,
Barrister. Steven Bester

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