419 scam: iyke james <mkt4044@rogers.com> hello

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
- "iykejames@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +447045785285 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: iyke james <mkt4044@rogers.com>
Reply-To: iykejames@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 04:54:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello

Attn:

I got your contact through a personal search and decided to let you know about this packaged financial transaction that will benefit us. I am Iyke James, the Ag Manager with Union Finance plc.
On the course of the 2009 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Thirteen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($13,300.000.00 USD) with our domiciliary account Holdings of which The Head Office of our bank is not aware of and will never be aware because we had concluded our financial year without any eye-brow to this dormant profit margin. I have also PLACED this fund on ESCROW CALL ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As a manager with the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I will propose 25% commission to you as gratification while 70% will be for me. And 5% will be set aside for charity/any expenses that will be incidental to this transaction.
Please if you accept my offer, kindly contact me on my private cell phone number +447045785285 or my private email contact iykejames@ymail.com for more details.

In course of this transaction, there are practically no risk involve because it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and I will be here to monitor it entire process.
I will appreciate your timely response.

Regards,

Iyke James.

NOTE: Please if however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly delete this email in view of the confidentiality and let me know as soon as possible to enable me look for capable one.

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