419 scam: "Dr.Amadou Kebbi" <dramadoukebbi004@voila.fr> Hello...!!

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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:
- "i will like you to " (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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Amadou Kebbi" <dramadoukebbi004@voila.fr>
Reply-To: dramadoukebbi100@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:34:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello...!!

Dear Good Friend, Compliment of the season,

I am Dr.Amadou Kebbi, Director In charge of Auditing and accounting department of (BOA) Bank, I hope that you will not betray or expose this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ( U$10,5 Million Dollars ) In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in plane crash, I need your urgent assistance in transferring the fund to your account has his business associate, Sharing of the fund is 50/50

This is a very highly secret, i will like you to please keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not interested, upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you More Details about this business deal.

I will also direct you on how this deal will be done without any problem; you must understand that this is 100% free no risk.

Therefore my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this project?

2. Can I give you this trust?

If yes, get back to me immediately, Your Name/ Country/ and Direct phone Number,

I will be waiting to hear from you immediately

Regards Dr.Amadou Kebbi

N/B? Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, Due to recent connection error here in the con.

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