419 scam: "ABBA"<taivic@hotmail.fr> HELP ME

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "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)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- sanni_abba@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ABBA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sanni_abba@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:56:14 +0100
Subject: HELP ME

Dear Sir/Ma,
My name is Sanni Abba,The Group Human Resources United Bank for Africa Accra Ghana. I got your information during my search for business partner. I am 40 Years of Age and Married with two Lovely kids.. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and I only hope we can assist each other.
I have packaged a Financial Transaction that Will benefit both of us with this name " Bähre " so when I saw your last name I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other. I believe it is the will of the Almighty God for me to come across you now, because it is in connection with your last name and you are going to benefit from it. One Mr.Alexander Bähre (now a deceased) who happens to be a citizen of your country had a fixed deposit with our bank in 2004 for 60 calendar months,valued at US$18,400,000.00 (Eighteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars). Now his Certificate of Deposit (CD) expired January 16,2010. Sadly,I regret to let you know that Mr.Alexander Bähre was among the death victims far back May 27, 2006 Indonesia earthquake in central Java that killed over 5800 people. He was off to Indonesia on a business trip before the eventuality took place. My bank management is yet to discover anything about his death. Mr.Alexander Bähre did not
mention any beneficiary w
concerning the renewal of his Certificate of Deposit (CD) with the bank.
Basically, this fund has come to maturity and ready for withdrawal together with the accrued interest. If the bank directors happens to learn that Mr. Alexander Bähre is dead and do not have any beneficiary to claim his fund, it will be reverted into the bank's treasury account as unclaimed deposit.Now, I must provide a beneficiary to claim this fund. For this reason,I have no choice but to search for you through his name so as to present you before the bank as the sole beneficiary to late Mr.Alexander Bähre .The fact that both of you share the same name has made this transaction executable under a legitimate background. There is no risk involved.
Better we claim this money and invest it in your country richly. I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds equal, 50/50% to both parties. If you are able to assist me with this noble endeavour,please contact me on my personal email address (sanni_abba@yahoo.com)
for details and procedures. Please do treat this information as highly confidential.And 10% will be set aside to offset all incidental expenses during the cause of this transaction.
Have a nice day and God bless.
Anticipating your communication.
Sanni Abba

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