419 scam: "KUPOLOKUN" <theoeze36@gmail.com> PERSONAL FUND TRANSFER FOR INVESTMENT.

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2348034823683 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "KUPOLOKUN" <theoeze36@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <theoeze37@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:32:18 -0700
Subject: PERSONAL FUND TRANSFER FOR INVESTMENT.

>From the desk of:Engr. Funsho Kupolokun
25, Lekki Phase 2,Anifowoshe, Lagos-Nigeria.
Tel: 234-8034823683
Date: July,16th 2009.

Dear Sir,

RE: PERSONAL FUND TRANSFER FOR INVESTMENT.

For confidential reasons, i am using my personal email address entirely for this transaction. I am the former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC),following the disolution of the NNPC Board in April 2007 and government settlement of the board's accrued funds and my personal emulument/gratuity, i have a total sum of US$25.8Million that i wish to transfer to your nomonated bank account/custody for safe keeping and investment consequent upon our reginal economic crisis and global meltdown.

Please, if you are interested in assisting me for our mutual investment,send me your complete information for the proccessing of the fund transfer to any account you may nominated or by any payment mode you wish.I shall compesate you adequately upon successful transfer of the fund to your custody and you are free to negotiate. Please,feel free to ask any question or make observation for possible clarification and endeavour to acknowledge receipt of this message and respond accordingly.You can call me on my direct phone number as shown above for more discussions.

Best regards,

Engr. Funsho Kupolokun.

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