419 scam: Lucy Akanki <akankilucy@hotmail.com> Personlig besked.

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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: Lucy Akanki <akankilucy@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Lucy Akanki <lucy.akank@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 03:28:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Personlig besked.

Personlig besked.
Kære,
Jeg skriver at du søger din bistand for at hente mit fund fra Bank for investering. Helt ærligt, jeg har brug for dit råd om en anledning til stor bekymring.

Jeg har en fond, som blev holdt i banken, men jeg er ikke den oprindelige indskyder jeg har arvet det fra min afdøde forældre, som ifølge loven jeg er nu den retmæssige ejer som pårørende og jeg tror, at jeg er kommet til en alder at processen til overførsel af fonden fra banken og arrangere for investering, som du og jeg kan ønske. Jeg tror din person har et ry som denne og jeg anmode om din indgriben for at hjælpe mig i en rettidig løsning af dette projekt.

Jeg føler mig forpligtet til at kontakte dig for din hjælp og håb for din vejledning om indholdet heraf. Jeg ville være mest taknemmelig for dine tanker og råd om denne mest følsomme sag.

Jeg ser frem til at høre fra dig til at drøfte dette. Jeg takker dig for din hjælp med dette spørgsmål.
Med venlig hilsen,
Miss Lucy Akanki

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