419 scam: "KWAME"<lawsonkwame011@mail.ru> BUSINESS PROPOSAL5000.00 payment is ready for pick up by you nowPŒë¸"

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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:
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "million 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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- 2348121653848
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.
- lawsonkwame01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "KWAME" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lawsonkwame01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 19:35:40 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

>From Mr. Lawson Kwame
The executive director
Finance & Accounts Department of
The Nigeria National Petroleum Co-operation (NNPC)

Dear Sir/Ma,
Please permit me to introduce myself to you. I am Mr. Kwame Lawson, the executive director, finance & accounts department of The Nigeria National Petroleum Co-operation (NNPC), my purpose of writing to you is this: there was a contract awarded by the tender's board of the NNPC in the year 2007 and the contract has been completed and commissioned. The original contract sum was fifty million United States dollars only, but it was deliberately over-invoiced by 100%, thereby bringing the total contract sum to hundred million United States dollars only.
The concerned foreign contractor has been paid his due entitlement, leaving behind the surplus sum of fifty million United States dollars, which is presently in the reserve account of the NNPC.
Now, as the present executive director, finance & accounts of this board, I need your co-operation and assistance to enable me write your name in the paying list and get the fund transferred into your bank account as the Executive contractors that Executed the contract with the NNPC.
I need your co-operation as a foreigner because the ethics of our civil code of conduct here does not permit us to operate or own a foreign bank account while still in active service.Please note that after the successful transfer of the fund, I will come over to meet with you and we shall discuss my investment plans.
I will offer you 45% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% for any expenses. If you are willing and able to handle this deal with me, please include the following information in your response to: lawsonkwame01@gmail.com
1. Your full names
2. Your contact address
3. Your private telephone and fax numbers
4. Your company's name (if any).
I am waiting for your urgent response to this mail.
Best regards,
Mr. Kwame Lawson
Direct Line:234-81-216-53848.

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