419 scam: Kouame Innocent <kouameinnocentt@att.net> From Mr. Kouame Innocent.

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Kouame Innocent <kouameinnocentt@att.net>
Reply-To: kouameinnocent@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:58:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Mr. Kouame Innocent.

>From Mr. Kouame Innocent.

Greetings and best regards.

I am Mr.Innocent Kouame a 41 years old, from Cote D'Ivoire.I am the
foreign payment consolidation manager of (ACB) Atlantic Credit Bank Cote
D'Ivoire. I find your contact in a business directory and I decide to
contact you immediately for friendship and business of mutual benefit
for you and me.

My branch made excess profit of US$3,500,000,00 during the last fiscal
year, which I placed on Non-Resident account without a beneficiary in
our bank since I have already submitted 2009 approved end of the year
report to our head office.

In essence, I need your trust to stand as the original depositor of this
fund, so that the fund will be transferred to your company or private
account immediately.

I will use my position to influence this project in other to expedite
the transfer by our bank head office to your foreign bank account. I
intend to part with 20% of this fund to you as gratification while 80%
shall be for me.

This transaction is purely legal and practically no risks involve, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer.

I await your positive reply for more detail.

I end here with much love and also with much respect to you.

Best Regards

Mr. Kouame Innocent.

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