419 scam: Sherkhan Farnood <off12office@yahoo.co.uk> Good Day,

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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:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Sherkhan Farnood <off12office@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: sfarnood@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:10:21 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Good Day,

Good Day,

It gives me a great deal of pleasure to write you this mail even when it might come to you as a surprise. I hope you find it of interest.

My name is Sherkhan Farnood, former the Chairman of Kabul Bank until late 2010, currently Iâ€™m serving a five years jail term hence I want you to do me a great favor to secure for me Â£15.7Million (fifteen million, seven hundred British ponds sterling) I deposited with Lloyd banks London, this fund can only be approved and transfer to a foreigner, therefore I want you to stand as a beneficiary in receiving this fund ,our country is not aware of this fund as other assets I owned has been confiscated by Afghan government ,if you are interested, I will introduce you to my attorney in London who will give you all the details of this fund and immediate transfer to you as beneficiary.

To read about my details, I advise you to paste my name in Google, you will read a whole lot about me, and I want you to keep this letter as a secret as I wouldn't want anyone to know about this.

I have no property as all have been freeze by the government hence I want you to be in custody of the above fund until I complete my jail term, also for your assistance, you will take 40% as your share and you keep 60% for me. I look forward to your earliest response.

Thank you and God bless you.

Sincerely,
Sherkhan

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