419 scam: Tony Manssa <tonymanssa112@gmail.com> Urgent help

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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 next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Tony Manssa <tonymanssa112@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tonymanssa11@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 18:14:12 +0000
Subject: Urgent help

My Dear,
I am Barrister Tony Manssa attorney at Law, I am seeking your
confidence to apply for the deposit claim inheritance fund of my late
client a nationality of your country, who lived here in Lome, Republic
of Togo for many years until he unfortunately died with his entire
family in auto crash, he bear the same surname with you.I have
searched for his family relatives to repatriate his estate, but to be
unsuccessful. Hence my contact to you is for you to stand as the heir
apparent (Next of Kin) to receive his estate valued at US$
4,500,000.00 which he deposited in a bank before his death. Could you
be able to receive the above sum into your bank account?

Best Regards
Barrister Tony Manssa
Principal Attorney.
Lome - Togo

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