419 scam: "Mr Noble Sana"<roland.schindler1@kabelbw.de> Urgent response needed.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "consignment " (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Noble Sana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrnoblesana@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:48:39 +0200
Subject: Urgent response needed.

Attn: Dear friend,

My name is Mr Noble Sana, I work with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power here in Burkina Faso. We have $8.365M USD with my colleague’s director of contract awarding committee which originated during over invoiced of some executed contract award in my ministry some years back.

The said fund was deposited in a secret vault with the intention of moving it overseas, country like Europe, Asia or USA and this fund cannot be moved abroad from Burkina Faso without the assistance of a foreign partner because it’s a foreign contract award in my ministry few years ago.

However we wish to move the said fund overseas via diplomatic means, I want a trust worthy partner abroad who will not use the opportunity to siphon the fund when it get to his country.

Therefore if you’re interested to receive this fund on our behalves in any of the mentioned places kindly reply as soon as you receive this email to enable us start the process of moving this consignment to the above places mentioned,be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and guaranteed there is nothing to be afraid off all the areas that might cause any hitch has been covered. Waiting to hear from you urgently.

Best regards,
Mr Noble Sana.

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