419 scam: "Mr. James Sagoe" <geofferykwampah@gmail.com> HELLO DEAR

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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.
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.
- jamesbasagoe@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Sagoe" <geofferykwampah@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesbasagoe@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 09:39:58 +0000
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Hello Dear,

I initiated this deal if only you can be trusted; my name is Mr. James
B. Sagoe, I am 47 years of age and staff of a Bank, as an accountant
in Ghana West Africa Sub-region.

I discovered the total sum of Four Million Four Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United States Dollars Only (US$4,450.000.00). On the course
of my last year 2013 business financial report, as a result of excess
profit and I have packaged this transaction so that it will benefit
you and I.

As the chief accountant of the Bank branch, it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my Head Office in the capital city Accra at the
end of each business year. The arrangement of this deal is for you to
assist me have this said fund into your bank account through the
Telegraphic Wire Transfer.

I would like you to work with my advice so that we wouldn`t make any
mistake because I have placed this funds on what we called Escrow Call
Account (ECA) pending the request of the Foreign beneficiary as been
stated. As a staff of this Bank I cannot be directly connected to this
money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money
in your bank account and get 38% of the total funds as your share
Since the fund transfer will effect through the bank legal process.

Note: For the acceptance of this my proposal, could you go ahead, fill
the below information's and in return.Direct E-mail:
jamesbasagoe@yahoo.com

FULL NAMES..........
ADDRESS.............
AGE.................
SEX.................
OCCUPATION..........
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER......

I wait to hear from you soon.

Yours faithfully.
Mr. James B. Sagoe.

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