419 scam: "Mr. Jackson Nana"<jackson_nana99@yahoo.com.hk> PARTNERSHIP

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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)
- "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)
- "very confidential" (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. Jackson Nana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jackson_nana66@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:10:34 -0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP

Good day,

I am Jackson Nana, an accountant, working with the Amalgamated Bank, Accra-Ghana. On the course of the last year 2010 end

of the year's report, I discovered that my branch made Eight million, Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars (8,200,000.00) as an

excess cash flow. This fund is currently in the ESCROW ACCOUNT of the bank, unclaimed and without a beneficiary.

As the accountant of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money to avoid suspicion, thus I am impelled to

request for your assistance to stand as the beneficiary to receive this money into your bank account, after, and you and I

will meet in your country for the sharing and investment. If you accept to do the business with me,I suggest that, you and

I should be discreet about the transaction and keep it very confidential, so that we can have a successful and

uninterrupted transfer of the money to your account.

I will appreciate your timely response.

Yours truly,
Jackson Nana

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