419 scam: Fidel Nkrumah <fidel_nkrumah@hotmail.com> BANK TO BANK TRANSFER

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- fidel.nkrumah@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- anticipated response. sincerely, mr. fidel nkrumah ( fidel.nkrumah@yahoo.es ) or ( fidel_nkrumah@hotmail.com ) (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Fidel Nkrumah <fidel_nkrumah@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fidel.nkrumah@yahoo.es>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:53:56 +0000
Subject: BANK TO BANK TRANSFER

My Dear Friend and partner-to-be, My name is Mr. Fidel Nkrumah. I am a banker by profession here in Ghana- West Africa. I got your contact information through the online database and have decided to contact you for a mutual business transaction. I need your urgent help to transfer the sum of USD,500,000.00 into your bank account over there in your country and you will stand as my foreign investment partner over there in your Country. The money is part of the profits made by our bank last year (2013) in the branch where I am the manager. I have already submitted my annual report for last year’s transactions to my banks head-office in Accra - Ghana, and they did not notice the excess profits which I intentionally kept aside for myself, purposely for an offshore investment target. I confidentially deposited the sum of USD10,500,000.00 in an escrow account without any beneficiary to avoid any trace. Due to my current job, I cannot directly receive the funds in any of my personal bank accounts here in Ghana, and the reason is because I am still working with my bank, and the civil service code of conduct here in my Country does not allow us to operate a foreign bank account, so that is why I need your urgent assistance to transfer this money into your bank account, so that you and I can share the money. I have the desire to invest my own share of the money in any good business venture over there in your Country. I also wish to inform you that it is my desire to donate 10% of the total amount to charity organizations, while the remaining 90% would be shared between me and you. For the important role that you would play in the entire processes of this transaction, you will receive 40% of the total money as your own share for being my for The intended transaction would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would protect me and you from any breach of the law. However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, please do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, please kindly get back to me through my email address to indicate your interest, so that I can brief you further. I am thanking you in advance for your anticipated response. Sincerely, Mr. Fidel Nkrumah ( fidel.nkrumah@yahoo.es ) OR ( fidel_nkrumah@hotmail.com )

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