419 scam: "Dr. Kofi Mavula" <basil4@baek630.sz.cx> Re:DATE: 12/02/2016

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Kofi Mavula" <basil4@baek630.sz.cx>
Reply-To: <kofimavula@representative.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:43:42 +0300
Subject: Re:DATE: 12/02/2016

DATE: 12/02/2016

Attn:Beneficiary,

This Is Notify Your Outstanding Payment Of USD10,500,000.00

How is your health today?

Reference to the Official letter received on 12Th Feb 2016 from one MR. Samuel HAYES and his Barrister Charles Coke in which he has informed us about your ill health and you are still in the hospital, he has actually requested us to effect change of ownership of your long outstanding payment to his name.

We did ask MR HAYES to provide us with the LETTER OF AUTHORITY from you as evidence that you have authorized him to receive the funds on your behalf which he has not done so, it is in this regards that I personally decided to write to you to verify if his claims were right or wrong because of my previous experiences in maters of this nature, therefore, you need to confirm the following information to us as soon as possible, thus:

(a) If you are sick and in the Hospital as claimed by MR HAYES.

(b) If you have actually given him the mandate to receive the fund on your behalf.

(c) What is your relationship with MR DAVID HAYES?

It is very important that you should reply to this mail urgently as further silence on the matter will be clear evidence that you are in agreement with his request, in this respect, for faster and urgent attention to your matter.

Thanks and best regards,

Dr. Kofi Mavula

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