419 scam: "Mr. Pascal Yembiline" <elbrochas76@ono.com> Hello Dear Friend,

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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)
- "million us dollars" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Pascal Yembiline" <elbrochas76@ono.com>
Reply-To: mrpascalyembiline1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:45:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,

Hello Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Pascal Yembiline the Branch manager, (ADB)
AFRICANDEVELOPMENT BANK, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; I am married with
three children. I am writing this letter to ask for your support,and
cooperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.
After annual audit Last month in my branch I discover documents of
alate client (Mr. Andreas Schranner) A German business magnate who
made
a numbered fixed deposit with this branch valued $30M (Thirty
MillionUnited State Dollars,)And also he deposited Gold one trunk with
the purity security and finance company worth 0ver $250 Million US
Dollars.and I was lucky to have the scan documents of the funds with
me
in save position.Note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned
sum
if you agree to handle this business with me while 60% will be for me
then after you confirm this fund into your account i will come over
to you country for the sharing of the fund. Please I would like you
to
keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not
interesting.Am looking forward hearing from you for more details
Thanks
with my best regardsMrPascal Yembiline

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