419 scam: Mr Manu Kala <kalammm9000@gmail.com> VERY URGENT ATTENTION.

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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:
- "because it still remains the fastest medium of communication" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Manu Kala <kalammm9000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmanukala02@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:16:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: VERY URGENT ATTENTION.

I am Mr. Manu Kala writing you from Burkina Faso West Africa.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business, Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence.

Firstly I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties, In order to transfer out twenty million five hundred thousand dollars, (US$20.500 000 ) from our bank here, secondly the fund for transfers of clean origin.

The owner of the fund is late COLONEL MUAMMAR GADDAFI formal Libyan president, who was murdered brutally during the war crisis by Libyan rebels, I want to transfer left fund into your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.

I contact you believing that you will not let me down once the fund goes into your account.

More details of this deal will be forwarded to you as soon as I hear from you positively concerning this transfer, I will come over to your Country as soon as the transfer is over to receive my own share of the fund for further investments by your advice.

Under this regards, I am trying to make a great deal for me and you, hence I stand in opportunity to award the approval of your application to the Bank of Africa (B.O.A) immediately you apply to the bank for the remittance of this fund in your favor as one of the business associate to Late COLONEL MUAMMAR GADDAFI.

We shall share the total fund 40% for your side, 50% for my own profit, 10% for balance back the expense that might involve during the transfer the rest will be for Charity donations to the Poor and the less privileged around us, From this moment, what you will stand firmly as beneficiary of this fund and apply to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased customer for the subsequent release and transfer of the fund to your own personal bank account which you will provide to the bank while I will be giving you all the guide lines on how you should achieve our objectives for the betterment of both of us.

1) You will promise me that you will not seat on the money when it is transferred into your bank account?

2) That you accept that we are going to work on this project with one mind, hence total trust and loyalty to this project must be guaranteed.

3) That you must not let anybody to know about this transaction until the end?

Then I will inform you on how to start off immediately I hear from you positively in order to facility you in the application letter you will send to the Bank, informing the Bank of your intention to have the said sum transferred into your account as his next of kin.

Including the FULL BANK ADDRESS.

Please I want you to understand that the government of my country want to take over all unclaimed funds please write me back immediately and tell me if you really want to carry out the transaction with me, please delete this message if are not interested.

Looking forwards to hear from you soon.

Regards
Mr.Manu Kala.

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