419 scam: "Mr Ernest Nanago"<nanagopvt@gmail.com> New message!!

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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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- emailmanagements@mail2french.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Ernest Nanago" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ernestpvt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:56 +0100
Subject: New message!!

>From : Mr Ernest Nanago.
A/G/1Anand Nagar, Opp Bhatia Hospital,
Forjett Street, Tardeo,
Mumbai India.

Due to my tight schedules I could not contact you earlier before now. The business later became successful with the co-operation of a new partner
from India. Presently I'm in New Delhi with the partner for some projects.

Meanwhile,I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in that process despite that it failed us at that time. Now, I want you to
contact my secretary,her name is Mrs. Venessa Dossou and her email address is: emailmanagements@mail2French.com ask him to send you the ATM card
value of ( $3.5Million) which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in that matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my secretary Mrs. Venessa Dossou and instruct her where to send
the ATM card to you. Please do let me know immediately you contact her to receive it, so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that
time.

In the moment,I am very busy here because of the projects which I and the new partner are having at hand. remember that I had forwarded instruction
to my secretary on your behalf to receive that ATM card, so feel free to get in touch with Mrs. Venessa Dossou and she will send the ATM card to
you without any delay. NOTE THE EMAIL AGAIN, emailmanagements@mail2French.com

Finally, take note of this CODE, when you contact her do present this SECRET CODE FOR security reasons : IbZ003 don't fail.

Best regards,

Mr Ernest Nanago.

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