419 scam: "Fred Sawyer" <fred.sawyer@superposta.com> Greetings to you, My name is Mr Fred Sawyer

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Fred Sawyer" <fred.sawyer@superposta.com>
Reply-To: fredsawyer@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:34:13 +0200
Subject: Greetings to you, My name is Mr Fred Sawyer

Hello,
=

Greetings to you, My name is Mr Fred Sawyer, I am a Banker by profession. P=
lease I want you to read this message very =

carefully and get back to me with your full support.
=

On the May, 2008 our foreign customer died in a deadly earthquake in China,=
and before his sudden death he made a fixed =

deposit amount of 8,400,000:00USD in our Bank. Since then I have made sever=
al attempts to locate any of his extended =

relatives to no avail.
=

This amount has been so long in our bank without any claim and I have all t=
he information about the deposit as the deceased =

account officer. Now I am contacting you for assistance in repatriating thi=
s huge amount of USD$8.4 Million.

I need you to stand as the next of kin and claim this amount from the bank =
than allowing the money to be confiscated or =

declared as unclaimed fund to the Government account then 30% of this amoun=
t will be shared among the bank directors while =

70% will be transferred to the Government account but you and me can share =
this money 50% each

Once I receive your positive answer, I shall give you every detail concerni=
ng this business and how we are going to get it =

done.
=

Please kindly respond back directly to my private email address as below: (=
fredsawyer[at]hotmail.com) for more =

details and provide me with your email address and mobile number.

I look forward to hear from you ASAP.
=

Best Regards, =

=

Mr. Fred Sawyer.

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