419 scam: "Mr.Akhmed Maccido"<akhmedmac2201@yahoo.com.hk> Anticipating to hear from you.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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 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)
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.
- akmed@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Akhmed Maccido" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akmed@sify.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 06:51:22 -1200
Subject: Anticipating to hear from you.

Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect,trust and humility, I write you this day of a tragic death of His Highness Sultan Maccido, THE SULTAN OF SOKOTO,the foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria who died in the ADC plane crash on the 29th of October 2006,for more information about the crash go to

http://africanpress.wordpress.com/2006/10/29/airplane-disaster-kills-many-in-nigeria/

I was his personal assistant before his death, right now I have a very important information concerning a huge amount of money worth (Seventeen million United States dollars) US$17,000,000 which he deposited in an asset managment company,to be precise in order to finance his son's presidential ambitions in 2007,unfortunately his son also died in the same ill-fated air crash.

Right now,nobody else knows of this deposit apart from me, I have with me all the information regarding the deposit,hence I will provide them to you once you notify me of your willingness to work with me to claim this money for our use.What I want you to do is provide me with your full names,address and your direct telephone number through my private email ( akmed@sify.com ) So that we can procure all the necessary documents that will facilitate the release of the funds to you.

I have plans of investing my share of the funds into stock-exchange and real estate business abroad.I will want you also to indicate how much percentage you wish us to share the fund as soon as the fund is released into your full costudy.

Anticipating to hear from you.

Yours truely,
Akhmed Maccido.

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