419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: kwekuabbeykweku3@yahoo.com.hk
Reply-To: kwekuabbeykweku2@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 23:56:41 -0600
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Re=3A_=C3=BCber_eine_finanzielle_Portfolio_/_re=3A_About_a_Fina?=
=?utf-8?q?ncial_Portfolio?=

Hallo.

Das kommt von Kweku Abbey, die unmittelbare Vergangenheit Kredit-Manager der Ecobank Ghana. Gibt es einen ernsthafter Vorschlag zu einer Haft Konto im Ecobank ich würde erfordern, dass Sie dringend Beachtung zu schenken. Wenn Sie mehr über dieses Wissen interessiert sind, bitte tun Sie gut daran um wieder so schnell wie möglich zu reagieren, so dass ich Sie mit Informationen zu versorgen.

Beachten Sie, dass es für alle Beteiligten von Vorteil sein wird.

Grüße,
Kweku Abtei

ENGLISH VERSION BELOW:

Hello.

This is coming From Kweku Abbey, the immediate past credit manager of Ecobank Ghana. There is a serious proposal about a bonded Account in Ecobank i would require you give Urgent Attention to. If you are interested to know more about this, please do well to respond back as quickly as possible so i can furnish you with details.

Note that it will be beneficial to all parties concerned.

Regards,
Kweku Abbey

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