419 scam: "John Ackah Esq"<recruit@t-online.de> Good MORNING

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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 american 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "barr." (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- john.ackahlaw@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Ackah Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnackah@sltdchambers.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 02:02:26 +0100
Subject: Good MORNING

Hello Dear,

I am John Ackah, a Legal Practitioner and Senior Associate at John-Ackah Law Trust Company. I am here to solicit for your professionalism should this offer interests you. I had a Politician Client from my Country, Republic of Ghana who mandated me to source for someone with more experience in Trading, Real-estate Investments and Financial Management, that can have his funds invested judiciously with moderate annual returns, but it was so unfortunate that he died last year August after brief illness.

The expected amount for investment is total sum of $12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million American Dollars) already deposited as (Investment-Funds) with UBA Bank here in Accra Ghana before he passed away. If you are ready, willing and able to handle investment projects of this volume, then we can work together in this project, hence no one else know about this funds. Let me wait to hear from you at johnackah@sltdchambers.com or john.ackahlaw@gmail.com . .

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
Barr. (Dr) John Ackah, Esq
john.ackahlaw@gmail.com
johnackah@sltdchambers.com

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