419 scam: "Mr.Faddei Vanko" <infomirza2005@gmail.com> Very Urgent

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Faddei Vanko" <infomirza2005@gmail.com>
Reply-To: feddeivankox1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:27:13 -0700
Subject: Very Urgent

Hello,

I am sorry to contact you unannounced through this medium. I am
Mr.Mirza Al Sayegh, Deputy General Manager-Audit & Compliance at One
of the Banks in Abu Dhabi here in UAE .I write you this proposal in
good faith hoping that I will rely on you .In 2006, one MR.DAVID
WAWERU, who has a fixed deposit for 36 calendar months, valued at
US$12,700,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer before I rose
to the position of the auditor general now. The maturity date for this
deposit contract was 16th of January 2009. Unfortunately, while on a
business trip ,he died in a deadly earthquake that occurred on May 12,
2008 in Sichuan province of China which killed at least 68,000 people.

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to
benefit from his fund at his death, so that my bank head quarters will
pay the funds to you. I have done enough inside bank arrangement and
will only have to put in your details into the information network in
the bank computers and reflect you as his next of kin.I am not a
greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds equal,50/50% to
both parties My share will assist me to start a charity organization
to help the poor and also own a company which has been my dream.

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as
TOP SECRET. At the receipt of your reply, I will give you details of
the transaction. And a copy of the Deposit certificate of the fund and
also the incorporation certificate of the company that generated the
fund. you can send me your email address for a comprehensive details.

Send me the following information if you are interested so that we can proceed.

1. Full name: ,................................
2, Your contact address: .............................
3. Contact telephone number: ......................
4.Your Occupation ::............................
5. Your age:............................

Anticipating your communication.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Mirza Al Sayegh

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