419 scam: "samson"<samsonibunna@gmail.com> KIND

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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)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "samson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emmersonwaku@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 09:51:01 -0800
Subject: KIND

Dear Sir,

I'm Mr.Umar Bako, an accountant with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture {FMA} Nigeria.

I'm currently in need of a trusted foreign partner whose name or company name can be use to transfer the sum of US$18.5 Million Dollars - pending my arrival into your country for the utilization and disbursement.

This amount resulted from a deliberate inflation of the value of a contract awarded by my Ministry - the Federal Ministry of Agriculture (FMA) to an expatriate company - the contract has been duly executed and payment made to the original contractor leaving the over-invoiced which I want to transfer over to your country in your favor.

By virtue as a civil servant in my country, I cannot acquire this funds in my name nor allowed by the code of conduct act to own or operate account outside of our shores thus contacted you to present you as the beneficiary of the contract sum. I have agreed that if you can act as the beneficiary of these funds (US$18,500,000.00 Million), 30% of the total sum will be your share for providing an account where the funds will be transferred into, while I will take 70% of the sum.

Once the funds arrives into your account, I shall come over to meet with you for the disbursement and investment plan.The transaction is legitimate and the funds will be transferred successful with all necessary back-up official documents showing legitimate source/origin of the funds.

I have perfected the arrangement before contacting you, e-mail me back so that we can discuss.

I will appreciate your timely response.

Thanks & regards,

Mr.Umar Bako.

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