419 scam: "Sahusi Momoh"<s.momoh2@att.net> Urgent! please 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:

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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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: "Sahusi Momoh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <s.momoh2@blumail.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:46:09 -0600
Subject: Urgent! please reply

Good day

I am sorry for contacting you through this medium without a previous notice; I had to use email because it is an official and more confidential way of making contact with people around the world, My Name is Sahusi Momoh please Permit me to inform you of my desire to seek your assistance towards securing my inheritance, i really will want to place this urgent matter in your care so as to know if you can please claim on my behalf a consignment box that is presently at a bonded warehouse in Toronto Canada and guide me on investment policies.

This trunk box was transferred by a reliable agent working for the UN with the assistance of my first partner Mr. Brent Grant who was from British Colombia in Canada, he was also a friend and business associates to my late father, After the passing on of my parents last year, an agreement was signed and sealed between me and Mr. Brent Grant to assist me in making the right choices of investment in his country and also to relocate me to either Canada or the United State. The box contains funds that was gathered from the sales of landed properties and stock bonds which was willed to me.

Unfortunately for me, Mr. Grant could not claim the box when it arrived in Canada because he was diagnosed with cancer of the heart and was rushed for surgery that eventually took his life 2 weeks ago (may his gentle soul rest in peace) I will want to know if you would be interested in continuing from where Mr. Grant left off that is to say if you can assist me receive this box and help me invest in a lucrative business in any profitable sector in your country?

I will need your urgent response to this question so i can furnish you with more details and give you the diplomat's details so you can open communications with him as my new partner who will be receiving the box on my behalf.

Yours Truly

Sahusi Momoh

P.S You can as well reach me through my direct number which +233 279 932 202, thank you

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