419 scam: "Mr. Kailash Pathak " <infoact@yeah.net> Re: Kindly Consider This Mail!

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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.
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kailash Pathak " <infoact@yeah.net>
Reply-To: k.pathak@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 08 Mar 2015 16:28:09 -0500
Subject: Re: Kindly Consider This Mail!

Dear Friend,

Welcome to the year of great opportunities , I know you are having a nice time with your family this valentine , please i need you consent to acknowledge the receipt of this letter . Am very self-reliant to make this appeal you so we can handle this business enterprise.

The understanding facts expressed in this letter, is for your personal information only. I need your collaboration to stand as strategic partner regarding a substantial amount of capital for investment purposes or otherwise .

This capital was discovered by me in our financial institution and it was supposed to be owned by external contractors in our country, After several months of thorough investigation, i found out that the fund does not belong to any external contractor , it was an over draft payment made in regards to the external contractors which no name was tagged to it, in other words, I carefully placed this fund on a hidden profile for the past 20 months without any internal / external auditors in our financial institution referring to it.

This transaction is as simple as it sound only on the condition that you shall follow my instruction accordingly and also maintain high confidence if you are interested in partnering with me . I resort to place my trust on you so we can do this together as partners.

Kind Regards

Kailash Pathak

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