419 scam: sss rrr <jjkk020@att.net> CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT/ASSISTANT

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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:
- "huge sum 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)
- "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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "sule_mohamed02@voila.fr" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: sss rrr <jjkk020@att.net>
Reply-To: sule_mohamed02@voila.fr
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:43:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT/ASSISTANT

FROM: Sule Mohamed.
AUDITING / ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.

My dear I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge
sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the
urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION; I discovered an abandant sum of $11.5M(Eleven Million Five
Hundred thousand United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our
foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none
of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as
the heritier. I cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies
for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as
a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out
by me for the funds $11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states
Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may
interest you to note that I have secured from the probate an order of madamus to
locate any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual
business endeavour by
furnishing me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and
Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the
transfer can be made. I shall be compensating you with $4.6 Million Dollars on
final conclusion of this project, while the rest $6.9Million shall be for me.
Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for me for investment purposes
in your
country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.Please reply in this my
alternative email address only (sule_mohamed02@voila.fr) for confidential
reasons.

Regards,
Your;s faithfully,
Sule Mohamed

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