419 scam: Mrs Sarah Awad Saheed <m.howard66@hotmail.com> Personal Enquiry/Email me back with contact details

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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:
- "awad.sarah66@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +2348062796305 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Sarah Awad Saheed <m.howard66@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <awad.sarah66@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 17:56:56 +0100
Subject: Personal Enquiry/Email me back with contact details

I am Mrs. Sarah Awad, Branch Manager of Bank Of Africa (B.O.A). I would like to know if this proposal will be worth while for your acceptance.

I have a Foreign Customer who is an Investor, Crude Oil Merchant and Federal Government Contractor that was a victim with Korean Air Line, flight number 801 with the whole passengers on 6th of august 1997 leaving a closing balance of $25m in one of his Private US Dollar Account that is been managed by me as the Customer's Account Officer.

Base on my security report, these funds can be claimed without any hitches as no one is aware of the funds and its closing balance except me and the customer (Now Deceased) therefore,

I can present you as the Next of Kin and we will work out the modalities for the claiming of the funds in accordance with the law. If you are interested, Please call me on +2348062796305 or email me on awad.sarah66@yandex.com to discuss in further details and our sharing ratio will be 60% for me and 30% for you.while 10% will be for any expenses that might occur along the line. Thank you, Sincerely. Mrs.Awad Sarah

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