419 scam: John Wanoa <hdt@adinet.com.uy> RE: SUCCESS

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: John Wanoa <hdt@adinet.com.uy>
Reply-To: j.wanoa@zoho.com
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:48:45 -0200 (UYST)
Subject: RE: SUCCESS

Hello,

How are you and your family doing? The reason why I contacted you is that I am interested to know more about your investment or company for investment. I am JOHN WANOA, the Independence Director and Chief Investment Officer of Investec Bank, There is huge sum of money which I discovered during our Annual Year Account Auditing. The funds is under my custody and it has no next of kin attached to it and nobody has operated it till date.

Moreover, definitely this fund will be confiscated by our banking ethics if it remains dormant for period of [10] Years without any claims. In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this fund to your account for an investment to avoid our bank confiscating this fund.

As the Independence Director all our client account details and files are in my possession and that makes it easy for me to include your name as the beneficiary of the fund in all necessary documents involving the money we wish to transfer out from our bank. If you?re ready to work with me, at the completion of this transaction, the sharing ratio shall be 50% for me, %40 for you and 10% goes to less privileges.

I will send the details of the transaction to you in your next reply, include your mobile number for oral communication.

Best regards

John WANOA

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