419 scam: Omar Sheriff <support@blog.appcreatar.com> Greetings

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Omar Sheriff <support@blog.appcreatar.com>
Reply-To: landoff@live.com
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:51:05 +0000
Subject: Greetings

Greetings,

I am sorry for the inconvenience this email will give you but i will appreciate if you can make out time to go through my message. I am Omar Ola Bill Sherrif, a solicitor at law and personal attorney to late Engr. H.Moore,a national of your country, He was formally a director with Kobe Steel Corporation company, a Japanese company. My client,his wife and their three children were involved in a motor accident along University road ghana and unfortunately the family died in the accident. Prior to his death, my client deposited US$18.5 million (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a bank here in my country.This money was raised through inflated contracts in his company and as such the company is not aware of the deposited fund. The status now is that my client left no WILL or any information about his next of kin and if I inform the company about the fund, they will definitely want to claim it from the bank. In view of this, I have decided to contact you to assist me in getting this fund from the bank since nobody has the knowledge of the deposited fund. We can get the fund from the bank since you have the same last name with my client. I believe this is privilege information, which I expect you to keep confidential because of my profession. The business will not take us time. I am ready to give you 50% of the total sum for your co-operation. If you are interested, send me:

1.Your full names,
2.Your Contact address
3.Your present age
4.Your occupation and place of work
5.your telephone/mobile and fax numbers

Best regards,

Omar Ola Bill Sherrif

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