419 scam: "MR NICHOLAS SAI"<hogansmith87@yahoo.com> Dear Friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 us 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR NICHOLAS SAI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mmrnicholassai@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:32:47 -0000
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

I am MR NICHOLAS OKOE SAI, from Accra Ghana, I want you to understand that arrangement has been maid so that you can received the funds in Europe Holland Spain Switzerland OR Malaysia, since you have the same last name with late ENGR.EVANS,

and the funds has move today to EUROPE so I want you to get back to me now if you are ready to go to hanle this matter in EUROPE to conclude this matter so that boot of us can benefit from it and share the money 50% for me 40% for you why 10% for expenses,
Note that you are not going to send money for anybody regarding this matter because I have paid for all the documents to make sure you conclude this matter in Europe, and the total amount is 27million us Dollars,

The only money you will spend on this is the small amount that you will go there with, that will be used to clear the consignment from the airport,
Your advice to send to me the below information,

Full Name and occupation
Tell and fax
Address and age

Please get back to if you know that I can trust you.
Regards
Nicholas Sai

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