419 scam: Mr Ronan Velle <mikeokokhere@windstream.net> Dear Sir,/ Madam

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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "ronan_velle2@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Ronan Velle <mikeokokhere@windstream.net>
Reply-To: ronan_velle2@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:13:24 -0600
Subject: Dear Sir,/ Madam

Dear Sir,/ Madam

Thanks for your email. First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as it is utterly top secret. I know it may come to you as a surprise, but I sincerely apologize if it invades on your privacy. My name is Mr. Ronan Lavelle executive office holder, general operational and regional accountant of Reliance bank Ltd, London United Kingdom. I am a British Citizen.

I am writing to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of Â£7,100,000.00 (Seven Million one hundred thousand Pounds). One of our customers, a citizen of your country had a fixed deposit account with our bank, He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end. Sadly he was among the death victims in the May 26, 2006 Earthquake disaster in Java, Indonesia that killed over 3,505 people.

My bank management is yet to know about his death, I knew about it because he was my good friend as I am his account officer. Being single, he did not mention any next of kin/heir when the account was opened; although he stated in his file that he will later forward one of his relativeâ€™s names as his next of kin/Heir apparent to the account which He did not fulfilled before he met his death. I need to move the fund as an investment funds out from our bank. Here I need your assistant.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this fund thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this fund into your bank account. I intend to part 50% of this fund to you. I do need to stress that there is practically no risk involved, hence it is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

For confidentiality in this transaction I will like us to keep via email for now. While I anticipate your acceptance of this partnership proposal, i want you to send me your below full information's to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as original depositor of this fund to our bank database.

Your complete full name:
Your full contact address:
Your direct mobile phone number:
Your major occupation:

I will appreciate your timely response and I will initiate this process towards an immediate conclusion. Contact me on my private email:ronan_velle2@outlook.com
Regards,
Mr. Ronan Lavelle.

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