419 scam: "Dr. Ali Mohamed Tango,"<donotreply@sirius.ocn.ne.jp> (Reply Asap.....)

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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 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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Ali Mohamed Tango," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohamedtangong@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 19:24:01 -0700
Subject: (Reply Asap.....)

Debt Management Office
Chairman of Debt Reconciliation
Dr. Ali Mohamed Tango
No 133 Mambilla Street ,Off Aso Drive
Maitama District Lagos Nigeria

Attention: Beneficiary ,

This is to notify you that the Federal Government of Nigeria in
collaboration with the United Nation has mapped out the sum of
US$1Billion Dollars to compensate all scam victims.

To this effect a list of all scam victims have been compiled by a
special committee set up by the Federal Government for this purpose.
This exercise shall be carried out in three phases. Under this scheme
each victim in the list shall receive the sum of US$2.5Million Dollars
as compensation amount. Your email address happen to be in the list of
the first phase of this exercise hence we are contacting you. You are
therefore advised to reconfirm your contact information as specified
below:

Full name:
Full address:
Telephone:
Cell/mobile:
Country of Origin
Profession:
Age:
Sex:
Any of your photo identification.

Congratulations for your email were among the list to be paid
USD$2,500,000.00.(Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars).

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yous Faithfully,

Dr. Ali Mohamed Tango,
Chairman of Debt Reconciliation
No 133 Mambilla Street ,Off Aso Drive
Maitama District Lagos Nigeria
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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