419 scam: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mr. Ahmed Dankwa?=" <allengh@camposdojordao.com.br> PERSONAL MEMO/PLEASE RESPOND ASAP...

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million pounds" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mr. Ahmed Dankwa?=" <allengh@camposdojordao.com.br>
Reply-To: amosdankwa@kannalles.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:43:17 -0300
Subject: PERSONAL MEMO/PLEASE RESPOND ASAP...

Attention my dear friend,

I Have a very important request that made me to call you;I am
Mr. Ahmed Dankwa, I found Your profile very interesting and decided to
reach you directly to solicit your assistance and Guidelines in making
a business investment and transfer of (48 Million Pounds) to your
country for investment purposes. I worked as manager Credit
and Foreign Bills in one of the banks in Quebec, Canada.

While i was still in active service as a banker, i managed several
accounts for high profile clients and companies. One of my clients,
Mr. Stewart Adam, had a numbered fixed deposit that that accumulated
over time to the tune of the above mentioned figure. This man died
since May 2007 in a plane crash as you can confirm in the provided
link below:

http://www.esinislam.com/News/World_130.htm

He was with his wife and both of them died. He was a contractor/consultant
to KRUGER MINING (SA) INC a South African Government Owned Mining Company.
Since his death, i have sent routine notification to his forwarding address
and got no response. I have made series of inquiry to link any of his kin
since he did not state any next of kin in file in the bank.
I never wanted the Canadian government to revert the funds to government
ownership, i therefore moved the funds to a finance company in Amsterdam
with my top banking connection.

The said funds have been in the custody of the finance company till date.
I have been looking for a sincere and credible partner to put in place as
the rightful next of kin to claim the funds since i cannot do that myself.
All the documents i have for the claim is legal but i have not affixed
any name on the space provided for the next of kin. This is because i do
not want to have a wrong person on this. Note that this whole thing is
legal and genuine. You do not need to worry about the legality.

I will be glad if you can make a trip to Amsterdam to meet with my
representative and discuss things over. You also need to see things
yourself.I await your swift response.

I wish for utmost confidentiality in handling this transaction.

Best Regards
Mr. Ahmed Dankwa.

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