419 scam: "Mrs Veronica Amadi"<veronamadi@gmail.com> Your Fund In Nigerian Bank

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "charles soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- veron.amadi@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Veronica Amadi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <veron.amadi@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:30:18 +0100
Subject: Your Fund In Nigerian Bank

Attn:

I know that you might be surprised with this mail, but I am telling you the truth. I know that it is against my
official duty to release confidential issue like this to an outsider. There is nothing I can do to help you beside this;
I am taking this bold step because of my belief as a Christian.What I want to tell you is about your fund with the
Federal Government of Nigeria, there are a lot forces working against you right from the last CBN Governor
Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo and the current Governor Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi with other Top officials
of all the Commercial Banks here in Nigeria, they have been frustrating people by demanding upfront payment from
them constantly, If I tell you that they are using all these money you sent to them to work against you, you might not
believe it. But it is reality.

There is a way I can assist you get your fund without you paying any charges to get your fund, it is a risk but one
have to take it, I have assisted one woman from Mexico with it, it worked out though her fund was US$2.5m.
What you have to do is to open another bank account any where, if you can open it in another place, it will be nice,
but what you have to bear in mind is that you have to re-transfer the fund to another account immediately you confirmed
it in your account, I know why I want it this way.

If you want me to go ahead, let me know as soon as you get this mail, if I make the transfer this week, it might
be next three months that they will find out and by then, you have re-transferred the fund into another account.

Get back to me as soon as you get this mail so that I will be in better position to know what to do.
Please for security reasons,i have chosen to use a private email account for this purpose.

Mrs. Veronica Amadi
E-mail: veron.amadi@hotmail.com
KTT UNIT CBN.

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INFORMATION INTENDED ONLY FOR USE OF THE INDIVIDUAL(S) OR ENTITY NAMED ABOVE.
IF THE READER OF THIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
THAT ANY DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION OR COPY OF THIS COMMUNICATION IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR,
PLEASE RETURN MAIL TO SENDER.

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