419 scam: "Mr. Tony Banneth" <elghalyaya@gmail.com> Dear Friend

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- tonybanneth@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Tony Banneth" <elghalyaya@gmail.com>
Reply-To: tonybanneth@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2022 02:33:32 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it seriously. This letter must
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners. I must
apologize for barging this message into your mailbox without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this
business and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.

Please this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it OK,
with due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make
this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance
to me. My name is Mr.Tony Banneth. from Burkina Faso, West Africa. I
work in Society Genera Burkina Faso (SG;BF) as telex manager, please
see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another
person and let me know whether you can I am interested in you for
investment project assistance in your country, may be from there, we
can build business relationship in the nearest future.

Before I send this message to you, I have already diverted
($10.5million Dollars) to an escrow account belonging to no one in the
bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds
is because they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more
than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using
our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($10.5million Dollars)

If you are willing to handle this project on my behalf kindly reply
urgently to enable me to provide you more information about the
investment funds.

Your Urgent,my private Email Address,( tonybanneth@gmail.com )

Thanks with my Best Regards

Thanks
Mr.Tony Banneth

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