419 scam: Mr Pascal Drissa <pascaldrissa1@voila.fr> for further information.

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Pascal Drissa <pascaldrissa1@voila.fr>
Reply-To: p_drissa@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:31:08 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: for further information.

for further information.

I hope that this message might not come to you as a surprise.
This account belongs to one of our foreign customer by name, Mr. Alan Williams who died along with his entire family in a plane crash in the year 20 Oct 2005. You can view the link below for more details:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html

I need your assistance in transferring the sum of ($6.7M) Six million , seven hundred thousand united dollars into your account within 8 to 10 banking days.

I agree that 50% of this money will be for you in respect of the provision of a foreign account, and 50% would be for me. Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Reply me if you are interested and I will furnished you with details information as soon as I get your response ,If You Accept This Offer To Work With Me, And You Find This Proposal Suitable For You Do Furnish Me With The Following Information.
Your Full Name...................
Your Country................
Your Private Telephone...............
Your Age and Sex....................
Your Occupation...............

Best Regards

Dr Drissa Pascal

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