419 scam: "Dr Paul Nana."<info@Coponamad.com> CAN YOU BE HONEST WITH ME?

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "there are practically no risks involved" (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.
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.
- drpaul_nana@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Paul Nana." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drpaul_nana@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 09:53:08 -0000
Subject: CAN YOU BE HONEST WITH ME?

The Regional Manager,
A-Z Solutions Security And Finance Company Ltd.
Address : 21st Avenue Block 5
Achimota Nsawam Road Accra, Ghana.

Dear

I found your email contact on your country journal directory I decided to contact you assistance.

My name is Dr.Paul Nana, I am the regional manager of A-Z Solutions Security And Finance Company Ltd; I am happily married with four lovely kids. I have been a banker

for almost 10 years.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager of my branch; it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head

office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.

On the course of the last year 2011 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made the sum of Sixteen Million, Four hundred Thousand

united state dollars ($16,400,000.00) USD.

I have placed this funds on what we call ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT, this account is strictly for onward transfer, with no beneficiary.
As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money in any way, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account

abroad and get 40% of the total funds as commission, while 60 percent comes back to me. I placed you on 40% because I believe this business now belongs to both of us,

and your efforts and support is highly needed.
Up till date, no one has the knowledge of the $16,400,000.00 USD you are about to receive in your bank account, and no one will ever know of it.
All you need to do is to stand and claim as the original depositor and beneficiary of the fund in my branch so that my head office can order the transfer of the fund

to your designated bank account. There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.

I will send you an application letter which you have to rewrite and send back to them, applying and instructing them to close your Escrow call Account and transfer

your funds to your designated bank account abroad.

>From the day you applied, within 6 days the money should have been transferred and cleared in your account as they would call me for confirmation. Then I will get back

my 60% through any means we find best.
Please note that all I need from you is your trust and sincerity as to seeing this through.
I am expecting your soonest reply as to enable us start doing something about it immediately.
Kindly get back to me,to my email:(drpaul_nana@yahoo.com)

Best regards,
Dr Paul Nana.

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