419 scam: Kofi Mensah <skylinks_64@yahoo.gr> Dear Love One

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- kofimnsah@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kofi Mensah <skylinks_64@yahoo.gr>
Reply-To: kofimnsah@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:57:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Love One

Hello Friend

Am Kofi Mensah the coordinator Contract Award and re-viewers committee.
As The Head Committees, Our main responsibilities is to award and re-view all government contract projects to co-operate individuals or organizations.The only source we can benefit from this contract project is over invoicing the prices, apart from our monthly salary. This is to tell you clearly the source of this fund "over quotation from contract projects. Since two years ago, i was able to save and come with this amount, Two million Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars($2,850.000usd), which was deposited in one of the Bank here in account called Escrow Account.
I contact you in essence of receiving this fund on my behalf because,We are not allow to operate on foreign Account Transactions, while in service,Secondly We cannot establish foreign project while on duty post, unless after our resignation or retirement from government service.So what i want us to do now, i will release the contact of the Bank,including the Account information's, for you to contact the Bank directly for the Release and Transfer of the money into your own Bank Account.
After getting your reply, i will write an Application Letter for you to forward it to the Bank with their Address.there is no risk involve, am giving you 100% assurance, so many people who was working here as the Head of this Organization has done this and some resigned, some re-tired.
Meanwhile for you helping me in receiving this Fund into your own Bank Account in your Country, you will have 25% of the Total Fund as your commission as soon as you confirmed that the money is in your account, if the Application Approved by Bank it will take less than eight working days to conclude these.
Note, never you let any of the Bank officials here know that i am the one given you these information,is has to be a secret,as soon as you received this money, i will resign to join you over there.
Thanks for your understanding and cooperation's,am looking forward to hear from you soon via Alternate email:
kofimnsah@gawab.com

Yours Sincerely
Kofi Mensah

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