419 scam: "=?utf-8?Q?Andrew=20Morris?=" <executive@yoafrica.com> =?utf-8?Q?INVESTMENT=20INTEREST,?=

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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:
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "=?utf-8?Q?Andrew=20Morris?=" <executive@yoafrica.com>
Reply-To: andrewmorris.fph@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:24:36 +0800
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?INVESTMENT=20INTEREST,?=

Attention:

I am Andrew Morris from Trinidad and Tobago, i'm married with two kids. I am the manager bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Cyprus Development Bank here in Cyprus. I have a business proposal which I believe will be a very Good opportunity for both of us so I decided to contact you on this business opportunity in our bank, the business is this I discovered an Abandoned sum of 14.5M US dollars ( Fourteenth Million, Five Hundred Thousand, United States Dollars) in our safety deposit vault that belongs to one of our foreign Customer who died along with his entire family on 11th March 2004 in a ghastly train explosion. Since you have the same surname with this deceased customer you can easily make this deal with me, I have the entire secret informationâ€™s of this deposit which will help you to claim this money as the next of kin.

You can send to me immediately with your Full Name, telephone numbers, your cell phone number your house telephone number and your private fax number for easy communication; I will call you as soon as I receive your full information. for more details.

Best regards,

Andrew Morris.
Cyprus Development Bank

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