419 scam: "QUAYE JOHNSON"<quayejohnson406@yahoo.in> RE:COMMENDATION FROM A FRIEND URGENT ATTN

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- quayejohnson17@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "QUAYE JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <quayejohnson17@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:15:43 -0500
Subject: RE:COMMENDATION FROM A FRIEND URGENT ATTN

FROM THE DESK OF MR. QUAYE JOHNSON

Greetings to you and to your family.I am Mr. Quaye Johnson, the manager of auditing and accounting department
of Intercontinental Bank Ghana. Do not be surprise of this mail since we have not meet or had a previous
correspondence.

please bear with me,I will really like to have a good cooperation with you, and I have a special reason why I decided to
write you because of the urgency of this transaction. It gives me more joy because I do believe that we both have to be
open-mind and sincere as to know each other very well.

I have only written to seek your indulgence and trustful.On a routine inspection I discovered a dormant account with a
Balance of ($20,000,000.00).Twenty Million Dollars, On Further investigation, I also discovered that the account holder is
Late Mr.John Shumejda, an American Citizen, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Agco, the Global Agricultural Equipment
Manufacturer, he died in Plane crash at Birmingham Airport on 4th Jan, 2002. visit the website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/1742404.stm

He died leaving no beneficiary to the account, and the bank will approve this money to any foreigner who have information
about this account which I will provide to you. because the former operator of this account is a foreigner from Florida
n American and I am certainly sure that he is dead and nobody will come to claim this money again.

Therefore I need your full cooperation in this transaction, I will provide all the necessary information needed to back you
up in this transaction, I want to assured you The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained
unclaimed after eleven years the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. He died
leaving no beneficiary to the account, and the bank will approve this money to any foreigner who have information
about this account which I will provide to you.

Thus, for your indulgence and support. I propose an offer of 40% of the total amount to be yours after the transfer has
been successfully concluded. Kindly reply to my private E-mail via: (quayejohnson17@yahoo.com,stating your interest Kindly
provide bellow information while I furnish you with more details and necessary procedure with which to make the transfer
done. And after I and my family will visit your country for an investment.

FULL NAME:
NATIONALITY:
HOUSE ADRESS:
PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

I wait for your urgent response.

Thanks and God bless.

Sincerely yours,
Quaye Johnson
00233 275 653 071

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