419 scam: David Obinna <ddvv22@msn.com> Good day,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348033449089 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- obiorah001@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: David Obinna <ddvv22@msn.com>
Reply-To: <obiorah001@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:41:31 +0000
Subject: Good day,

Good day,

Is me Mr.David Obinna From Nigeria. I most let you know about this, this morning I received mail from a man called Mr.Andrew Mera. From London asking me to stop the transferring of the $2,000.000. TWO MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS to you. He also promises to offer me sum amount of money in advance so that I can transfer the fund to him but I said no that you are the right person to receive the $2,000.000 and that I have promise you that I will never let you down.

Please in other for us to believe that you are still interested to receive the fund you must call us immediately or email us so that we can tell you more about this, fail to contact us then we shall transfer the fund to Mr. Andrew Mera. To Contact us dial +234-803-3449089 email us on ( obiorah001@hotmail.com )

Wait to hear from you,

Mr. David Obinna.

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