419 scam: "Mr. Sarr Mantu" <gift4good2@yahoo.com> Good day,

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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:
- "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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- +221775790894 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- sarrmantu@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Sarr Mantu" <gift4good2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sarrmantu@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 02:39:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

My greetings to you and your family.

I am contacting you concerning a customer Mr. Mustapha Jallo, who wrote an open cheque for a business trip to Dubai unfortunate, on his way to his house he had an accident and died instantly.

Now the cheque is with me with a huge amount of money written on it. I contacted you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication and I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe this would be of interest to you and me.

My name is Mr. Sarr Mantu, I am Mr. Jallo's account officer and working under the Auditing and Accounting Department with United Bank of Africa Dakar Senegal (UBA). The amount in question is 72MCFA (Seventy-Two Million Cfa) which is $142,000US Dollar.

I need your urgent assistance in claiming this cheque with the sum of (72M CFA) to your account within 14 bank working days. The cheque will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.

I don't want the money to go into the Reserve Bank of Senegal (RBS), as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you so that the bank can release the cheque to you as the legal beneficiary.

Please, I would like you to keep this transfer as a top secret between you and I alone for the security purposes.

I promise you that I will direct you on how you will get this cheque successfully if only you can abide to my instructions.

Kindly send me this information below so that your name will be written on the cheque for the possible transfer. Attached here is the scan copy of the open cheque.

(1)Your full name................................
(2)Your address..................................
(3)Country.......................................
(4)Age...........................................
(5)Occupation....................................
(6)Private telephone number......................

My regards.

Mr. Sarr Mantu
My Telephone number is +221775790894.
E-mail:sarrmantu@yahoo.co.uk

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