419 scam: DR KOFFI APO <emiratestores01@gmail.com> Get back to me urgently

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22891848934 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: DR KOFFI APO <emiratestores01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: koffiapo0011@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 04:55:56 -1200
Subject: Get back to me urgently

Mr Koff Apo
SUNU Bank Togo: Accueil
web:https://sunubank.tg(BPECTGTG XXX BIC / SWIFT Code - SUNU BANK Togo)
Address: Ave de Nouvelle Marche,
LomÃ©
Tel/ +228 91848934

Dear

How are you doing today, hope you are safe from the Covid-19, please
ensure you keep safe.
However I am contacting you for a partnership project as I secured a
whopping sum of (USD$3.8M)during an audit exercise in the
bank(SUNU/BACS BANK TOGO) which has been dormant for over 16 years now
based on the related documents and has been abandoned

As an executive staff currently working here i cannot make use of this
money alone owing to the fact that I am a staff in the Bank , so it is
on this ground that I am contacting you so we can be partners in this
field. The only thing needed is for us to process and remove the money
from its dormancy status which i can simply handle and remit the money
to any of your nominated bank account

I will package you as the beneficiary of this fund since my position
in the agency doesn't permit me to handle it alone and the money will
be released to you within days.

All i need from you are these:

1,Full name and address
2,What supp phone numbers(easy communication)
3,Percentage is 45/45/10(10% will be expenses)
4,Country of origin

I await your response.

Dr.KOFFI APO
Tel/ +228 91848934

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