419 scam: "W. Daniel"<erza@opsa.es> Re: Please Reply Immediately

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- wakasodaniel@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "W. Daniel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wakasodanielx@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:14:53 -0000
Subject: Re: Please Reply Immediately

Hello! My Dear Friend,

l know this proposal will come to you as a surprise but kindly permit me to strike this deal with you on a very high confidential level.

My name is Mr. Daniel Wakaso and I am The Head of Accounts Department in The Ghana Ministry of Roads and Highways. My department is in-charge of Approval of Payments for road construction contracts awarded to local and foreign contractors/companies by Ghana government.

A road construction contract was supposed to be awarded to two contractors/companies at sum of SEVENTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (USD17,500,000.00) each, making a total of THIRTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS (USD$35,000,000.00).

Based on a special arrangement, my ministry negotiated with one construction company who executed the contract at the cost of TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS (USD20,000,000.00) and the contract has been completed and commissioned and the company has been duly paid.

Now the reason why I contacted you is that, I want you to stand as the second foreign contractor so that the balance of FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS (USD15,000,000.00) will be paid to your account, then I will come over to your country for sharing as soon as the money is transferred to your account.

I want you to know that all the process is going to be legal and I will provide all the legal backup document to make you one of the foreign contractors we have here in Ghana to enable us a successful transfer of the money. I also assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free because all the legal documents will be taken care of as I have already told you.

Please if you are interested, reply to me so that I will give you more details of the procedure.

Please contact me at wakasodaniel@yahoo.com

Sincerely,

Mr. Daniel Wakaso.

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