419 scam: "Alan Deng " <poster@ellenmoeckel.de> From :Alan Deng

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alan Deng " <poster@ellenmoeckel.de>
Reply-To: alandeng05@mail.kz
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:19:24 +0200
Subject: From :Alan Deng

From: Mr. Alan Deng South Africa Dear Sir/Madam, Permit me to introd=
uce this proposal assistance to you. I am Mr. Alan Deng, the Eldest son Lat=
e Lt. Gen. Dominic Deng, the former Sudan Defense Minister. My Father died =
in a sabotaged plane crash along side with my mother and other Senior Milit=
ary Officials. You can read the sad story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/af=
rica/7380412.stm I got your contact information from Global Online Trade & =
Investment Solution during the process of searching for a reliable BUSINESS=
PARTNER of our family Cash worth of US$25 MILLION (Twenty Five Million Uni=
ted States Dollars). This money is owned by my late father in exchange t=
o the purchase of arms from South Africa, for the SUDAN PEOPLE LIBERATION M=
OVEMENT (SPLM) military wing before his untimely death caused by the unplea=
sant situation in my country that is still going on now. As the news of the=
peace agreement reaches my father while he was in South Africa for the Arm=
s deal, he took advantage of the opportunity and deposited the Cash into se=
curity company in South Africa. As a result of several threats from the i=
ncumbent president, Omar Al-Bashir who has denied any Government involvemen=
t in master minding the death of my Father, we decided to migrate to South =
Africa to seek for a capable foreign partner for assistant. If you will agr=
ee to assist me investing this money in a profitable business venture in yo=
ur country or any other of your choice, i shall give you 35% of the total a=
mount which amounts to USD8, 750,000.00 (Eight Million Seven Hundred & Fift=
y Thousand United States Dollars). =

Thanks in anticipation to your co-operation Yours Truly, Alan Deng=20

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