419 scam: emmanuel francois <emmanuelfrancois08@gmail.com> Hello my good friend

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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: emmanuel francois <emmanuelfrancois08@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emmanuelfrancois@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:10:21 -0400
Subject: Hello my good friend

Hello Good Day

I am export manager of OSEI TUTU GOLD GROUP & NANA KASA MINE ; Our
company is a large-scale and professional manufacturer of minerals,
GOLD DUST,GOLD BARS,HMS-1&2, USED RAILS,RS-50/60 HARD METAL and COPPER
SCRAPS. I would like you to stand as my foreign partner in oversea to
secured the sum of $ 10 Million USD as my foreign partner so that it
can be invested in private companies with good management.

The origin of the money was that in our company i sold Gold bars and
Gold dust and did over excess invoice in the amount of $ 10 million
usd. Your share is 30%, and my share is 70%.

I am waiting for your reply to my email (
emmanuelfrancois_kojo@outlook.com ), thank you for your cooperation.

Best Regards,
Mr. Emmanuel F. Kojo

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