419 scam: "Mr.Isack Amoah" <iamoah@interfree.it> Your Urgent Response Is Needed......

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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:

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:
- ",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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Isack Amoah" <iamoah@interfree.it>
Reply-To: <mr_isackamoah@terra.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:14:00 -0000
Subject: Your Urgent Response Is Needed......

Goodday,Please accept my sincere apology if my mail does not meet your business or personal ethics,my name is Mr.Isack Amoah,I am a banker with Bank Of Africa here in Burkina Faso,I am the account officer to a late customer to my bank,although, the late customer is Lebanese.But before he died he had domiciliary account worth USD$12,500,000,00 in our bank.On the recent meeting held by managements of my bank, it was discussed among the top of the agenda early this January to look for any relatives of the late customer since is up to 6 to 7 years now he forth not coming up for the annual updates of his account funds.

I have made a several inquiry about his death and came out with a genuine accurate result of his death.I want to present you to the managements of the bank as the cousin relative or business partner to the late customer to receive the funds in your country bank account through my perfected plans towards the entire transaction.I guarantee you of the success in as much as you are willing and ready to carry out this deal with me harmoniously and in truth.Hence i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40 as a brotherhood if you agree to my business proposal. Please keep this proposal as top secret and delete if you are not interested, but if you are interested reply immediately with your;

Name ....................................
Age .......................................
Sex .......................................
Country .................................
Phone ...................................

Best Regards,
Mr.Isack Amoah

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