419 scam: Frank Boege <mrfrankboege@gmail.com> BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22961210010 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- mrfrankboege@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Boege <mrfrankboege@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 11:21:42 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

JOHANNESBURG
BENIN REPUBLIC
TEL: +229 612 100 10
Email: mrfrankboege@gmail.com
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL.

BUSINESS PROPOSAL

My name is Mr. Frank Boege, The Group Managing Executive of Banque
Atlantique benin .my partner and me has decided to contact you because
there is an account opened in this bank in 1998 and since 2000 nobody
has operated on this account again. After going through some old files
in the records, we discovered that Mr Smith B. Andrew died in a plane
crash of Singapore Airlines Flight 006 (SQ006) was a scheduled
passenger flight from Singapore Changi Airport to Los Angel's
International Airport via Chiang Kai-shek Airport (now Taiwan Taoyuan
including his wife and only daughter.

If we do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited to
the government for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr Smith B.
Andrew, a foreigner, and a miner at a Gold Company, a geologist by
profession. No other person knows this account or anything concerning
it, the account has no beneficiary and my investigation proved to me
as well that the company does not know anything about this account and
the money in this account is USD 25,000,000.00 (Twenty Five Million
United States Dollars).

Since the death of this our customer, I personally has watched with
keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as
no one has come to claim his funds, which has been with our branch
for a very long time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his
name shall be used as the Next of Kin as no one has come up to be the
next of kin.

In view of this I got your contact through a trade journal when I was
making a research on a foreigner I will use in this great opportunity.
For your assistant I will give you 20% of the total amount then 10%
have been mapped out to be donated to the Orphanage home of your
choice, while the remaining 70% will be for my partner and me. Upon
the receipt of your response on my above email (
mrfrankboege@gmail.com ) I will send you the procedures. I will not
fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk free and
that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for the
smooth and easy transfer of this fund has been finalized.

Kindly contact me on the above stated email and phone number.

Thanks and God Bless You.
Yours Truly,

Mr. Frank Boege
GROUP MANAGING EXECUTIVE
Banque Atlantique benin

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