419 scam: Avis Ganutar <avisganutar_24@yahoo.com> PLEASE DADDY REPLY BACK

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Avis Ganutar <avisganutar_24@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: avisganutar@africamail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:44:47 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE DADDY REPLY BACK

Hello Daddy,

It is with mixed feelings that i communicate you through
this medium

because am seeking a faithful, sincere and reliable foreigner who
will

assist me in investing my late father's fortune in the amount of US$22.500.000.00 .

This amount was originally deposited by our late father in a
security

company in Ghana and just before my parents and two of my siblings
were killed by rebels in our family house in Sierra Leone, my father had
successfully lodged the money at the security company in Accra,
Ghana.

am the only survivors of our family. I am therefore seeking your
assistance to stand-in me as my late father's business partner and
foreign investor, to claim this money from the security company as the
beneficiary. You will also be required to assist us in investing our
own part of the money into viable business ventures abroad and for all
this we are offering you 25% of the total funds as reward.

If therefore, you can assure me of your
sincerity, honesty and ability to help me secure the release of this
amount/invest it, i will give you the contact details of an attorney so he will
present you as the beneficiary to the funds while processing actual release of
it on your behalf.

Please note that you stand no risk at all in assisting
me to conclude this transaction because the money is legitimately our family
fortune. And also, I will like you to furnish me with your complete information
so that we can be able to communicate

>From Avis Ganutar,

Mobile +233 541 512 600

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