419 scam: "DAVID AKRAM AKWEI"<dave_ak@mail.bitautotech.com> Legitimate Proposal............ Kindly Assist Me Please.

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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:
- "demurrages " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID AKRAM AKWEI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dave.akram01@rediffmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:20:58 -0000
Subject: Legitimate Proposal............ Kindly Assist Me Please.

GREETINGS FROM ACCRA-GHANA.

From: DAVID AKRAM AKWEI

Attn:
Compliments of the day!
I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar about AIDS whomwe confronted that we are looking a God-fearing person that is when your data was given to us.

First and foremost i want to introduce myself to you. My name is David Akwei Akram and my younger sister Princess Jane Akwei Akram a Sudannes,my consignment contains 45million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify.

The consignments are presently in States.The consignment gets to States through the help of a U.N diplomat Dr. Alfred Lamptey. The fact is that Alfred Lamptey is supposed to have delivered thisconsignment to a man called Smith Paggy in States.

The week Dr. Alfred Lamptey is suppose to deliver the consignment to him,when he got to States after clearing the consignment from the Airport,he call Smith Paggy to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is wife answered the call and told Dr. Alfred Lamptey that her husband Smith Paggy hard a fatal car accident which lead to hisdeath some few h ours later.

Smith Paggy has already paid the demurrages from the security company,he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the DRUG / ANTI TERRIORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 25 thousand dollars to acquire it, but unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why Dr. Alfred Lamptey has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in States and called us to informed us about what is happening.

Please when you call him you will tell him that you are calling in respect of David Akwei Akram's consignment that is in States.If Dr. Alfred Lamptey asks if you have discussed with me tell him that you have discussed with me immediately.

Please, get to Dr. Alfred Lamptey on time and get back to me through mail.
I await your urgent response.

Thanks and God bless you.
David Akwei Akram and Princess Jane Akwei Akram

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