419 scam: "From: Mr. David Faye."<shooks@flintschools.org> WAITING FOR YOUR CANDID RESPONSE

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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:
- "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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +22547036880 (Cote d'Ivoire, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "From: Mr. David Faye." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.faye@postribe.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:20:33 -0400
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR CANDID RESPONSE

From: Mr. David Faye.
Cocody Cités des Arts,
Abidjan-Cote D'Ivoire
Tel: +225-470-368-80

Good Day,

I beg your excuse for the inconveniences that this Mail may cause to you.

My name is Mr. David Faye; I work with one of the local Banks here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, I am the personal accounts manager to Engr. Norman, a National of your country, who owned a construction company here in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire).

My client, his wife, and their two children were among the people that where raped and killed in the Jan. 13, 2011 post-election war. Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but has been Unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his Last name over the Internet, to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I came across your contact.

The particular interest is this huge amount deposited with our bank here in, where the deceased has an account valued at about US$21 million United States dollars.

Being the personal a/c manager of the decease's bank account, the bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin/beneficiary or else the bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby forfeit the funds to the bank treasury.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the past five months now, I hereby seek your consent (with due respect and Honor) to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names with him, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then you and I will share the money.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please provide me with your full Name and Address, Date of birth, Telephone and Fax Number for immediate documentations, If you can handle this with me, reach me now urgently with the information requested.

Kindly reach me via my private email as indicated above for further details.

Thanks in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

Cordially,
>From Mr.David Faye

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