419 scam: Sylvia Geglawa <sgeglawa@wsd1.org> RE:

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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:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Sylvia Geglawa <sgeglawa@wsd1.org>
Reply-To: "didi_ackermann@pa-banconal.net" <didi_ackermann@pa-banconal.net>
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 16:30:01 +0000
Subject: RE:

Hi,
I hope you and your friends and family are doing well amongst this pandemic? it has come to be a strange time well I'm Mr. Didi Ackermann, a senior staff of National Bank of Panama here in Panama, there is an existing dormant account for many years, which belong to one of our late foreign customers.
The amount in this account stands at USD$25,991,674 (Twenty-five Million Nine Hundred and ninety-One Thousand Six Hundred and seventy-four United States Dollars) I need a foreign partner to stand as the next of kin to the deceased.
Kindly respond for more details.
Best Regard,
Mr. Didi Ackermann.

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