419 scam: "Charles Vandi."<turku3turku@outlook.com> LETTER OF MANDATE.

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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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Vandi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akins2008@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 05:03:56 +0100
Subject: LETTER OF MANDATE.

Dear Friend,

Please, permit me to go straight to the point without observing the preambles. After days of battling with some deep thoughts, I finally accepted a request from a high profiled detainee in the Executive Awaiting Trial-Detention here in the Federal correction facility. I gathered from a reliable source that the detainee started as a War-Zone Diamond merchant and his business empire across the globe is estimated at $450,000,000. 00. For security reasons, I lack the courage to unveil details of my mandate and other vital information such as names, location, nationalities, amount, phone number, until your maximum interest and acceptance to this venture is ascertained.

As an Assistant Chief of a Federal correction facility, I am bound by some instruments that will enable me effectively render him my services as requested and would need a collaborator. I deeply apologize for contacting you with an unsolicited offer which raises the suspicion of a bogus deal that is commonly perpetrated on e-business platforms. Giving by the mouth-watering remunerations involved, I stumbled on the virtual world to seek your assistance with a pledge of mutual gains at the end of the day. If you are interested to know about this mandate and can maintain absolute confidentiality even when you declined, please indicate by writing back.

Thanks in anticipation, I look forward to rearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Best Regards,

Charles Vandi.

Senior Prison Officer.

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