419 scam: Ahmed Sankoh <agphaconseilsgestion@yahoo.fr> IMPORTANT-DON'T MISS

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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.
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.
- ahmed_sankoh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ahmed Sankoh <agphaconseilsgestion@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: Ahmed Sankoh <ahmed_sankoh@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 22:45:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: IMPORTANT-DON'T MISS

Â Dear Sir,

I wish to use this opportunity to make this proposal which I believe might interest you for our mutual corporation. My name is AHMED SANKOH, a financial service agent to late Mr. MAHFARID AMIR KHOSRAVI an Iranian billionaire who was charged and executed for fraud allegation on the 24, May 2014.
Before the death of Mr. MAHFARID AMIR KHOSRAVI, he succeeded in completing a deal with his business partners in South America, and the proceeds of the deal worth ($50Million USD) were duly paid immediately before the news of his death was made public. Presently, the funds is deposited outside Iran for safe keeping hoping that one day I will locate a trustworthy person who can take over the investment and management of the fund till the Iranian government grant amnesty to his family members. I decided to make this proposal to you because the Iranian Government has kept a close watch on the family members in a bid to trace and confiscate all his assets and funds they can lay hands on.
Once I get a confirmation from you I will arrange for the ownership of the fund transferred to you and we can jointly apply for the release of the fund and shared it accordingly.
Think about this proposal and if there are any questions or any grey areas, kindly feel free to ask.
Waiting for your response through my private email address: ahmed_sankoh@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Ahmed Sankoh

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