419 scam: drgeorge yapi <drgeorgeyapi245@msn.com> From Dr. George Yapi.

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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:
- "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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: drgeorge yapi <drgeorgeyapi245@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dr.georgeyapi5@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:25:23 +0000
Subject: From Dr. George Yapi.

>From Dr. George Yapi.
Goodday,

I am Dr. George Yapi, an accountant with one of the banks here in Abidjan Ivory Coast, I solicit your urgnet assistance on business of transferring the sum of Sixteen Million Dollars (16 million Dollars) into a safe foreign account and it must be very confidential.

I wish to inform you that I discovered the said amount of money during our last audit work in the month of december 2008. I discovered this money belongs to one Mr Roger Abdelfattah, a very rich farmer from Gaza who died in war when the Israeli army had waged a 22-day military operation against Hamas militant groups in Gaza and since then, we have been looking for someone to bear as his next of kin no success was made, I solicit your urgent response to present you as his next of kin .

(1) Full names:........................................
(2) Private phone number:.....................
(3) Current residential address:.............
(4) Occupation:........................................
(5) Age and Sex:......................................

Kind Regards,
Dr. George Yapi.

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