419 scam: Emmanuel Wayas <emmanuel.wayas2@btinternet.com> Dear respectful,

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "million united state 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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Emmanuel Wayas <emmanuel.wayas2@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: emmanuel_wayas01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:20:34 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear respectful,

Dear respectful,
I wish to write the following mail to you in order to tell you more of the business,I am Mr Emmanuel Wayas a Sierra-Leone by nationality.I lost my parents few years ago by the rebels tropes during political crises in our country and my late father Chief Christopher Wayas was a business merchant in our country.

Before his death he revealed to me that he made a deposit of a trunk box of money deposited in a private security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire,and I have gone to this security company which they confirm the deposit true, according to my late father advice to me he told me that the total money in the truck box was US$27,000,000.00 (twenty Seven Million United State Dollars).

My late father told me that he did not disclose the content of this truck box to the security company for the security of the money, he told me that he deposited it in the security company and registered it as family valuables things, this is to avoid the officials of the security company from raising an eye brows to the fund,based on this reason I contacted you for an urgent assistance so that I can invest in your company or in your country because I knew nothing about doing business and I believed that with you I can perform fine in business because of you experiences in business.

I am presently in refugee camp here in Abidjan where the money was been deposited in the private security company by my late father and he told me that I should look for someone who has a legitimate company abroad to help me claim the trunk box from the security company to his or her country for investments, I believe that as an advanced person and a legitimate business person you are that you will not betray the trust I am about to impose on you.

As soon I hear from you I will be sure that I am dealing with a liable person, then I shall give you the contact information of the security company so that you can contact them for any question /discussion on how the transaction would be done.

Thanks and remain bless
Mr Emmanuel Wayas

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