419 scam: "Yao K."<service@huanbobiotech.com> From: Yao K. YNZO

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Yao K." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yaokwabena1@naver.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2023 23:27:16 -0800
Subject: From: Yao K. YNZO

Hello, Good Morning

With trust that you are keeping well today !

Let me briefly introduce myself for better understanding, I am Yao Kwabena, a financial consultant writing to you from the Republic of Ghana. I am compelled to initiate this communication with you due to the urgency of the matter at hand. A well known minister in one of the African countries who is undergoing financial queries by the Authority over alleged mismanagement of contract funds worth over five billion dollars has contacted me to help him move transit funds amounting to US$ 76 Million

dollars.

He has advised that the funds be moved from its present position to a reliable hand and be used for any lucrative investment abroad and therefore I am contacting you based on the information I already gave to him that I have a reliable hand in your country to handle the investment funds but the person I had in mind

unknown to me passed away due to Covid-19 complication as I was reliably informed.

Therefore I am contacting you to know if you are able to handle this matter by receiving and investing the funds under a 60/40 sharing ratio of the capital and the investment annual returns. Therefore should you be ready to move on with the said transaction kindly provide me your personal telephone/WhatsApp number for further discussion on the way forward.

Regards

Yao Kwabena

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