419 scam: "Rawson Annan."<rawson.annan@vodafone.com.gh> Re: your ATM visa card package,

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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: "Rawson Annan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmanders@gmx.us>
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 02:04:27 +0100
Subject: Re: your ATM visa card package,

My Friend,

I have been waiting for you to contact me regarding your Loaded ATM Electronic Visa Card of $3m to no avail. Since I did not hear from you, I packaged your ATM Visa Card attached with bank instruction letter that will assist you withdraw daily maximum of $100,000.00 from any ATM Cash Point Machine in the USA and hand over the package containing the Visa Card with your name and address attached on the package to an old friend Mr. Mark Manuel Anders, an American Citizen whom I meet at the air-port on his visit to Ghana. He told me that he will be traveling back to States the following day, and promised to send the package to you once he gets back to USA.

Please if you have not received your package from Mr. Anders, you need to contact him at ( mmanders@gmx.us ) for his urgent action in sending the package to you. Note that I did not tell him the real content of your package for security reasons. I will not be contacting you soon because my bank gave me eight months medical vacation to UK and I will be traveling also to India for my kidney surgery and might not return soon. Please always pray for my quick recovering and write me once you receive your package.

Truly,

Mr. Rawson Annan.

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