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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:
- "million united states 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447092040566 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- michael.sanye@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: delivery users <deliveryusers@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <michael.sanye@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 03:58:30 +0000
Subject: YOUR INDULGENCE

Dear Sir,

I am M. Sanye, Business Relations Manager for an International Commercial Trading and Finance firm (Automated clearing House) with branches in Ghana, UK and the USA. I am getting in touch with you regarding the asset/properties of a deceased client with similar last name and an investment placed under our bank management.

I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication. In 2007, the subject matter, an American investor came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of $18.5 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf. Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operations, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over 800 thousand United States Dollars. In mid 2009, he instructed that the principal sum (18.5M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in London. We got in touch with a specialist bank in United Kingdom, Citi Bank, United Kingdom who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available. However, following an auditing process, the Bank got in touch with us early this year that this money has not been claimed. On further inquiries we found out that the investor was involved and among victim of the Air France Flight 447 crash on June 1, 2009. Effort to contact and produce his next of kin has proved abortive since, the fund was invested on confidential platform, and the reason I am writing you is because you share the same last name.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds. ACH management will contact you to formulate the Willed-application to you. On verification, which will be the details that will be made available to Bank to instruct them to make payments to you after all the necessary verification and application is done. You do not have to have known to the American investor. For all your troubles I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle this happens every time. However, on the hand if action is not taken, option is that the money will be revert back to the state. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a British National we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by the above email.

I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Please get back to me immediately via the above email or fax below

I await your response.

Michael Sanye
michael.sanye@gmail.com, +447092040566

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