419 scam: "Ms. Elline Kojoh" <abrahasan5@gmail.com> Kindly get back to me

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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: "Ms. Elline Kojoh" <abrahasan5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elline.kojoh@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:10:53 -0500
Subject: Kindly get back to me

Dear Sir / Madam,

How are you today?

May I introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is
Ms. Elline Kojoh, am an accountant in one of the banks in Ghana. I got
your contact from (Your country chamber of commerce business directory)
I will need your assistance in this business transaction. I would want
you to stand as the Next of Kin to a deceased customer of our banking
institution, Mr Zanger Khan, who died in an auto crash in 2007 with his
family.

He was a wealthy oil consultant who deposited the sum of seven million,
six hundred thousand united states dollar (US$7.600.000.00) in a fixed
deposit account in our bank. He died without any registered next of kin
and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate.

The banking rules and regulation here does not allow such money to stay
more than eight years, because the money will be recalled to the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill after this period. On your confirmation of
this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more
details. As soon the fund is transferred in your bank account we will
share the money, 50% for you and 50% for me. Kindly get back to me for
more details.

I hope to get your response as soon as possible.

Regards,
Ms. Elline Kojoh

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