419 scam: "Mario Makaya"<mariomakaya222@ftl.org> Co-operation

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mario Makaya"<mariomakaya222@ftl.org>
Reply-To: makayamario@gmail.com
Date: 09 Mar 2019 18:08:56 +0200
Subject: Co-operation

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mario Makaya, Branch Manager FIRST ATLANTIC MERCHANT BANK
,ACCRA,GHANA.I have in my bank the existence of a big amount of
money that belongs to a customer, who happen to have the same
surname as your's and who has your country in his file as his
place of origin.The fund is now without any claim because he died
in a deadly earthquake in China in 2008.I want your cooperation
so as to make the bank send you the fund as the beneficiary and
next of kin to the fund.

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the
one to benefit from his fund at his death since you have the same
surname with him so that my bank headquarters will pay the funds
to you. I have done enough inside bank arrangement and you only
have to put in your details into the information network in the
bank computers and reflect you as his next of kin.

This transaction will be of a great mutual assistance to us.Send
me your reply of interest or you give me your mail so that I will
give you the details. 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 .

Best regards,

Mr.Mario Makaya.

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