419 scam: Andrew Mensah <gh_milton@yahoo.co.uk> WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
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.
- andrewmensah80@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Andrew Mensah <gh_milton@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: andrewmensah80@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:38:35 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY!!

Sir,

In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and lucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a reliable partner for this venture.I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this letter confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this letter. I am contacting you independently and no one is informed of this communication.

I am Mr. Andrew Mensah, i work with one of the Commercial Banks in Ghana and personal account officer to the ousted libyan president General Mummar Gadaffi.The former Libyan leader before his dimise left an outstanding amount of TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($25 000 000 00) in our bank.Due to the recent development and uprising around the world, especially in the Arab world,Libya was engulfed in a civil war and he was eventually killed .

What i propose is that since I have exclusives access to his file, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds. I know this might seem a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles i propose that we split the money in half. In banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the money will revert back to the state.

Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a Ghanaian National we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by the above email address.

Please, again, note I am a family man. I have wife and children, i know that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth i have learned from my private banking customers.

Do not betray the confidence i put in you. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Please pardon my writing mistakes. Please get back to me immediately via the email address below.

andrewmensah80@gmail.com

I wait your response.

Andrew Mensah

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