419 scam: Frank Rawlings <frank@contact.com> Lets Work Together.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- stb.rawlings@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Rawlings <frank@contact.com>
Reply-To: stb.rawlings@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 09:30:59 +0200
Subject: Lets Work Together.

Dear Friend.

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion or
willingness on this classified information that I will release to you.
Firstly,
I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not want to
jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will give my
family a secured future.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the
Branch Manager of Stanbic Bank Ghana, It's my duty to send in a
financial report
to my Head Office in the capital city Accra-Ghana at the end of each year. On
the course of the last two years report (2011), I discovered that my Branch in
which I am the Manager made proceed of $3,850,000.00 (Three Million Eight
Hundred and Fifty-Thousand Dollars) which my Head Office are not aware of nor
must they know that I am involved in this transaction.

I have since place this fund on what we call suspense account without any
beneficiary. As an Officer of the bank I am not directly connected to
the fund,
this is why I am contacting you for us to work so that you can assist in
receiving this money into your Bank Account for us to share, while you
will have
35% of the total fund. Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be
bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand as the Original
Depositor
of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head Office can
order the transfer to your designated Bank Account. If you accept this
offer to
work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your kind
response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer,
all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of
this fund who
made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer
to your designated bank account. If you accept this offer to work with me, I
will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your kind response, I will
give you details on how we can achieve it successfully.

Please kindly respond to my email: stb.rawlings@gmail.com if interested.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Frank Rawlings.

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