419 scam: Daniel Rodgers <sabecky225@gmail.com> reply

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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:
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- danrodgers225@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Rodgers <sabecky225@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danrodgers225@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 11:42:53 -0700
Subject: reply

Good Day,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending you this email without
your consent. I believe you are a highly respected personality,
considering the fact that I sourced your email from the peoples search
database on the web during my discrete search for a foreign partner
who can assist me in taking this business to it
success.Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with
events. I have a proposal for you.This however is not mandatory nor
will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will, but I hope
you will read on and consider the value I offer.

My name is Mr Daniel Rodgers from Togo. It's Just my urgent need for a
foreign partner that led to my contacting you about this transaction.
I am a banker by profession and currently holding the post of a chief
auditor in our Bank.I have the opportunity of transferring an
unclaimed funds US$6.2M belonging to one of our customer your own
cousin fund who died in an accident,having no one coming up to claim
his funds and if left unclaimed will be transferred to the government
treasury by the bank.

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where we can facilitate
the transfer of this fund and I promising 50% for you as your
percentage once the fund transferred to your bank account.If you agree
to my business proposal, then further details of the transfer will be
forwarded to you as soon as I receive your mail.

Please I advice you to kindly contact me at my private email;
danrodgers225@hotmail.com

Best regards,
Mr Daniel Rodgers

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