419 scam: FRANCA MANE <sayaki1616@yahoo.co.jp> GREETINGS

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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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: FRANCA MANE <sayaki1616@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: FRANCA MANE <francamane@ymail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 06:33:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GREETINGS

With warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings.

The source through which I got your contact gave me the confidence to
contact your kind assistance to help me to transfer and secure the sum
of Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD 2.1 Million) I
inherited from my late father for investment in ur country. My late
father was a wealthy Agricultural Business man of Cocoa & Gold,
before his tragic death, he handed me the deposit documents because my
mother died many years ago.

I
want to invest this money in your peaceful country and with your
experience I think you are in good position to assist me and to come
over to your country to further my education after the transfer of the
fund to you as my guardian.

I am 21 years undergraduate and don't know what to do because
I have suffered lots of set backs as a result of the political crisis of my
country and the death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.

Please do send me these informations to present to the bank for the transfer.
Your full name, contact address, telephone number, bank account information.

Best regards,
Miss Franca Mane.

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