419 scam: "Isah Tanko"<polaris_0906@ybb.ne.jp> BUSINESS PROPOSAL urgent response required pls

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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:
- "% will be for you" (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: "Isah Tanko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <isatanko11@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:56:38 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL urgent response required pls

Attn'

Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail fails to meet your professional and moral Ethics, as we have not met

before. Because of the evil doings of people of the world today, which has brought fear and made a lot of people not

to engage in genuine business ventures.

Iam Mr.Isah Tanko a banker, and an account officer to late Andreas Schranner a German property magnate who came to

our country with Julius Berger construction company in 1997, he was a successful business mogul but died in Concord

AF4590 crash in the year 2000 along side with his entire family,Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their

daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all

perished in the jet.

I need your assistance in transferring the money he deposited in our bank valued US$70M to your country which will

be of mutual benefit to both of us and it will be shared between two of us, 40% will be for you, 50% will be for me

,while 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the process of transfer on both sides.

Send your following information’s for us to proceed:

Your names in full, home and office address, phone numbers, and Your age and occupation

Yours faithfully,

Isah Tanko

Fidelity Bank

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