419 scam: Joana Abban <joanaabban01@gmail.com> URGENT REPLY

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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: Joana Abban <joanaabban01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2021 22:19:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Greetings

I am Joana Abban from Ghana, West Africa, I work at Ecobank as the Branch
Bank Manager.

sorry to contact you through this medium, i have a business transaction i
would like to propose to you concerning such a huge amount of money left
in our bank by our late customer who deposited his inheritance in our bank
sum of ($12,500,000.00) in our bank before he died in a deadly earthquake
that occurred on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan, China, which killed at least
68,000 people. Since the last quarter of 2009, my bank has not been aware
of this inheritance. That is why I contacted you so that you can claim this
inheritance as my late customer relatives.

Hence, I want you to participate with me in this deal so that we can be
able to share this fund at the ratio of 50/50 percentage.

He has no next of kin to claim the fund according to the record in our
banking system. I would like you to partner with me in this so that I will
make you his beneficiary of the fund since he has no family or relatives
to claim funds from our bank.

If you are really interested in this a great business opportunity contact
me through my private email address so that I will provide you all details
of this transaction.
Call or Whatsapp: +233241908195
Thank You
Joana Abban

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