419 scam: Mr Enoch Darfah <mrenochdarfah00@gmail.com> Hello Dear

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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:
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "million us dollars" (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 next of kin scam.
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.
- mrenochdarfah1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Enoch Darfah <mrenochdarfah00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: enochdarfah@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 15:59:50 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

My name is Mr.Enoch Darfah, a Banker and accountant with Barclays bank
Ghana. I am the personal accounts manager to a big business man who share
the same laste name with you, a National of your country. My client, his
wife, and their three children were involved in the ill fated Algeria
Airways crashed into a mountain in Oum al-Bouaghi province, en route to
Constantine, in bad weather conditions. In which all passengers on board
died. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate
any of my clients extended relatives but has been unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last name over
the internet, to see if I could locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you, of particular interest is this huge deposit with our bank
here in,where the deceased has an account valued at about ($16 million US
dollars). They have issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or the
bank will declare the account unserviceable and thereby send the funds to
the bank treasury. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over now, I will seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of
the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of
this account valued at ($16million US dollars) can be paid to you and then
you and I can share the money. Especially now that our bank wants to lay
off many workers, read the message on this link;

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/11/uk-barclays-earnings-idUKBREA1A08O20140211

I will also like you to go through this site where the Algeria plan crash
www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-26148125

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under all legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as i am
involved also and will not do anything to get myself in trouble. If you can
handle this with me, reach me now through this email (
mrenochdarfah1@gmail.com)

Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation. In your reply mail, give
your full names, address, date of birth, telephone and fax numbers.

Regards
Mr.Enoch Darfah

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