419 scam: "Mr.Michael Baah"<baah_m@yahoo.com> TRANSACTION

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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:
- "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)
- ",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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Michael Baah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mkkbb_markel@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 21:45:29 -0700
Subject: TRANSACTION

Dear Sir,

Is a pleasure to communicate you through this channel for a business transaction, I work in Barclays Bank as the Manager. I need your trust to transfer a sum of $10.5MUSD to any account of yours, for investment purpose.

Details of the transaction: On the course of last year 2009 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch made Ten million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars (10,500,000.00) as an excess profit. This fund is currently lying unclaimed in my bank’s NUSCROW ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

I have mapped out the percentages for sharing if you partner to stand as the depositor of the said amount and as a result receive the fund in your account, I will give you 10% of the total sum, 80% for me and 10% for expenses.

I will appreciate your timely
Response.

Yours truly,
Michael Baah.

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