419 scam: "Mark Dike"<sapesder@jetsetsmail.com> (GOOD NEWS AND REPLY BACK)

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "mark.dike363@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "m.dike2015@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mark Dike" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mark.dike363@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 04:25:12 +0100
Subject: (GOOD NEWS AND REPLY BACK)

Dear friend,

I am MARK DIKE, a banker and i was an account Manager to MR.PHILIP SANDHOFF an Importer of Textiles and Automobiles for the past Thirteen years and he was a successful business mogul,Mr.PHILIP SANDHOFF made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at Seventy Million United States Dollars only (US$70M).

Upon maturity on July 20th 2004 as his account Officer,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.After a month,we sent a reminder and finally I discovered from his employees,that MR.PHILIP SANDHOFF was one of the passengers who died with his entire family in the ill-fated plane crash involving a UTA Boeing 727 Chartered Flight that took off from Cotonou Benin Republic and crashed into Atlantic Ocean on Thursday 25th December 2003.

For further details of the Plane Crash,Please Visit http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm Further investigations.

I want to work together with you as his next of kin beneficiary to transfer to your country the fund he left in our bank valued US$70M for our sharing.

For full details, please reply through any of my emails: mark.dike363@yandex.com or m.dike2015@yandex.com

Mark Dike

Fidelity Bank

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