419 scam: "Mr. Bryan Anderson"<bryanandaerson@yahoo.pt> Attention Sir,

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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:
- "reward you with 30%" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Bryan Anderson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bryananderson1960@yahoo.pt>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 00:19:42 +0100
Subject: Attention Sir,

Attention Sir,

Compliment of the day!!!

My name will sound strange to you while opening your email account and finding a content of my letter in your email account will surely create a symbol for a life Business relationship. My name is Mr. Bryan Anderson currently working with a Private Asia Investment Bank in London , United Kingdom and I am contacting only to know if you have any Personal/ Company account which we can use to transfer some Investment funds out from an existing Dormant account in our Bank .

Actually, we have a Customer Investment Deposited funds in our Bank and we are seeking your assistance if we can work together with you as our Partner so we can move the funds directly to our Persona/ Company account. We are only interested to work with you as long as you are sincere to keep our share after this transaction.

Basically the fund can be moved from our Bank in London to your Bank account within 2-3 Business working days after you accepted our offer .Currently we are two Managers working on this deal and we agreed to reward you with 30% of the total Investment fund transferred to your Bank account while I (Mr. Bryan Anderson) and my associate (Miss. Anna Koerling) will part away with the 70% of the Investment fund.

Here is Proof of the fund : http://www.cabb-hk.com/cab/cust/acct/login/statement.php

Please you are welcome to ask any questions regarding the subject and content of my email and be rest assured you will get your 30% as this is absolutely risk free.

Thanks for your time and understanding

Mr. Bryan Anderson

Operational Officer

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