419 scam: HENRY EFEZI <henry.efezi@btinternet.com> 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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "executive governor" (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.
- erfez.henry@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: HENRY EFEZI <henry.efezi@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: erfez.henry@indiatimes.com
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 14:30:27 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend

I crave you indulgence for a transaction involving 22m USD,which is currently under my custody

I am Mr Henry Erfezi an employee with the Financial Action Task Force(F.A.T.F).This task force was Commissioned to investigate and look into various allegation and petitions of financial misappropriation leveied against past and present public servants in the course of their stewardship.

It was in one of the assignment following various petition agaisnt Chief James Ibori,formal executive Governor of Delta state,south-south oil producing region of Nigeria,that we amazingly stumbled upon his private vault containing about 560 Million USD,73m Euros and 2.1m Pounds Sterling in cash.Please visit:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:xdiuA0hoPUAJ:amairi.org/ibori_loot.html+james+ibori+loot&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ng

Accordingly,i and my colleaque were able to corner 22 Million USD out of the money for our own use while the balance was disclosed to the Press and to the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Meanwhile,owing to the sensitive nature of our job,we will appreciate your willingness and commitment to receive the money for us in your country,as we have finalized all legitimate modalities to send this money abroad for our personal use.

I look forward to your positive reply so that i can give your further updates.

Yours Regards

Kindly reply to :erfez.henry@indiatimes.com

Henry Erfezi

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