419 scam: "Lt. General Mmadu Kings"<MarkVader32@aol.com> SECURITY CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

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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:
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "nigeria national petroleum corporation" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Lt. General Mmadu Kings" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lt.generalmmadu05@w.cn>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:55:35 -0800
Subject: SECURITY CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

Dear Beneficiary

Nigeria Foreign payment allocation Transaction/delivery codes (/PRFGN/ FEC/ESSX) strictly follow these security instructions; disregard any replica of this letter without the actual security code. Clinical diplomatic package immunity risk free delivery payment Fund Beneficiary, you have to observe the following instructions.

I am Lt. General Mmadu Kings,special adviser to President Good luck Jonathan on foreign matters, I am delighted to inform you that the contract panel that just concluded it seating in Abuja, released your name among contractors/inheritors of Nigeria national petroleum corporation over-invoiced lottery raffle draw to benefit from the Diplomatic risk free Immunity Payment. This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate Manipulated contracts lottery and inheritance claims, contracts and over-invoiced payment as the negative effects has eaten deep into The Economy of our dear country. Disregard any replica of this message without the presidential allocation code as stated above. However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract / inheritance lottery profile is still reflecting in our central Computeronic presidential system as an unpaid contract / inheritance during auditing excise. Your payment file was forwarded To my office by the auditors as unclaimed fund, we wish to use this medium

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