419 scam: Mr Patrick Konan <mrpatrickkonan@yahoo.com> Dear, Business Proposal.‏‏

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Patrick Konan <mrpatrickkonan@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrpatrickkonan_1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 17:14:35 +0100
Subject: Dear, Business Proposal.‏‏

Dear.

My name is Mr Patrick Konan a banker and manager of Audit & Accounts
department in our bank. I used to be a personal account manager to
late Mr. Gary Rios, our bank customer who was involved in the ill
fated Kenya Airways crash in Africa. As his account officer, hearing
the report of his death, I made many inquiries to trace the extended
family relatives to come forward to claim their inheritance but my
efforts were aborted. It was during one of my research I came across
your email address and now decided to appoint you as the next of kin
in order to claim the deposit with our bank which is at a summary of
US$16 million.

I am giving you this vital and confidential information in order to
make the deal with you and get the money into your bank as the
recipient and beneficiary since you a foriegner giving you an
advantage on coming into this matter. If you are ready to cooperate
with me to get this fund, you will email me back with the necessary
particulars below;

Your full Name,
Age, Sex & Marital Status,
Address with contact telephone and fax numbers.to enable me introduce
you to the bank as the new beneficiary/ recipient of the funds.If you
can handlle this, reach me back through this particular email address.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Regards,
Mr Patrick Konan.

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