419 scam: Edward Gilly <edwardgilly838@yahoo.pt> YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED

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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: Edward Gilly <edwardgilly838@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Edward Gilly <edwardgilly63@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 19:55:30 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: YOUR URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED

HELLO DEAR,
I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and atrustworthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. My name isMR Edward Gilly. I am the manager of the Standard Chartered Bank, FirstLight Branch, Accra Ghana. I am a Ghanaian, married with two kids. I amwriting to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of funds valued at$9,620,000.00 (Nine million six hundred and twenty thousand United StatesDollars) only. This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am theManager made as profit during the last annual audition. I have alreadysubmitted an approved end of last year annual report to my head office inAccra here and they will never know of this excess.
This fund has been placed in a suspense escrow account without abeneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot directly be connected tothis money due to how it was moved out of my bank, thus I am impelled torequest for your assistance to receive this fund into your bank account forus. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you as compensation while 70%shall be for me. All I need from you is to stand as the Original owner of thisfund and receive this fund and send for me for percentage shearing. RememberÂ no one know about this money and will not know about it. Please if youÂ are interested in this business, kindly send me your contact address and yourÂ phone number for speedy transfer of this fund to you.

yours Sincerely,MR Edward Gilly.

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