419 scam: "James Obi"<jsm_obi101@gmail.com> To: My Good 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:

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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- +2348020962751 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Obi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <james_obi2007@live.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:48:31 +0100
Subject: To: My Good Friend!!!!

To: My Good Friend

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner

from Peru Presently I'm in Dublin,Republic of Ireland for investment projects with my own share of the total

Contract sum. Mean while, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds

despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary MR. BENNY MARK in Abuja-Nigeria Africa with this

information stated below:

====================================================
Name:MR. BENNY MARK
Email:beey111@live.com
Tell:+234-80-20-9627-51
=====================================================

Please Send MR. BENNY MARK this information's now and Call him or send him an email

with the below information:

Your FullName:_______________________________________
Full Address:________________________________________
Company Name:_________________________________________
Tell/Cell:_________________________________________
Amount: _USD$1,250,000_________________________________________
Form of ID:______________________________________

Remember that you have to send him the above information correctely in other to get to the bank manager to issue the Bank Draft in your full name because I don't want him to make any mistake on this.Ask Him to send you the Draft with a total face value of USD$1,250,000.00(One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollar Only) which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciate your efforts at that time very much.So feel free and get in touch with my secretary MR. BENNY MARK and tell him when to send the Draft to you such as your name and address where you want the money to be send to.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all our sufferings at

that time you are trying to help me to move the funds out of my country. At this moment I'm very busy here because

of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand I just use this little time I have to

send you this email so if I did not get back to your email after this email please pardon me,finally,remember that

I have instruct my secretary on your behalf to receive the ChecK,so feel free to getin-touch with my secretary

(MR. BENNY MARK)who is in position to send the Draft to you after due process with the bank and try to be honest

with him because he is a very good and trusted man,

You should notify me on receiving the compensation money from him.

Best Regards

MR. JAMES OBI.

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