419 scam: "Mr.Pius Atta."<piusatta@test.com> Greetings,

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Pius Atta." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <piusatta01@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 16:21:21 +0100
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

I am Pius Atta, a member of the Ghana National Petroleum Contract award tender board. I have the mandate of the

Chairman of the Board to seek your assistance to receive an amount of Thirty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Fifty

Thousand United States Dollars (US$35.5M) which will be utilized for investment purposes in your country.

You will be compensated with 25% of the total fund upon the successful transfer of the fund to your account, While

we in Ghana retain 75% of the fund. I shall give you more details regarding the fund and any other update you may

need when I receive a positive response from you.

Because of the sensitive nature of our position as public office holders, you are requested to keep this proposal

100% confidential. I will appreciate if you include your direct phone numeber in your reply mail.

I am looking forward to a successful bussiness cooperation with you.

Sincere Regards,

Pius Atta..

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