419 scam: Your Acknowledgement <fideliawhyt@gmail.com> **;;;RE:"Financial Inquiry

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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: Your Acknowledgement <fideliawhyt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sullivan.peek@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 07:12:30 +0100
Subject: **;;;RE:"Financial Inquiry

Sir,

I will be waiting for your response. Itâ€™s important to note millions
of people remain unaware theyâ€™re entitled to collect unclaimed assets
owed deceased depositors, who passed on without leaving updated
financial records for their assignors and trustees. The majority of
this lost money comes from dormant bank accounts, orphan pensions,
unknown windfalls, missing shares and abandoned dividends, forgotten
life insurance policies, National Savings Certificates, lottery
winnings and Premium Bonds which have not been redeemed. If you are
willing to partner with me on this, I look forward to your timely
response.

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Berufsgeheimnis unterliegen. Sie ist ausschliesslich fÃ¼r den
Adressaten bestimmt. Jeglicher Zugriff auf diese E-Mail durch andere
Personen als den Adressaten ist untersagt. Sollten Sie nicht der fÃ¼r
diese E-Mail bestimmte Adressat sein, ist Ihnen jede
Veroeffentlichung, Vervielfaeltigung oder Weitergabe wie auch das
Ergreifen oder Unterlassen von MaÃŸnahmen im Vertrauen auf erlangte
Information untersagt.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam