419 scam: "Frank Diallo"<hotgirl35130@att.net> PLEASE HELP ME AND MOTHER

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Diallo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frank3diallo@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:01:36 -0000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME AND MOTHER

Very important matter

The committee in charge of payment, on behalf of the Government of republic of Ghana, under the auspices of common wealth nations held a meeting concerning payment of investors which were not released to the right beneficiaries.

Your file was dumped untreated, we apologize for the delay.

Your payment listed to us fifteen million two hundred thousand dollars (US15.2M), you are advised to respond with immediate effect.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632, your payment will be release within 5 days. You are directed to reconfirm your full detailed information as stated below:

1) FULL NAME:
2) HOME ADDRESS:
3) OFFICE ADDRESS:
4) PROFESSION, MARITAL STATUS, AGE:
5) HOME PHONE NUMBER/WORK PHONE NUMBER and CELL PHONE NUMBER:
6) As well as time to call you on the phone.
Respectively,

Dr. Tukor Sanderson
Chairman caretaker committee on financial matters.

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