419 scam: "Dr. Raymond Adenuga" <raymond.adenuga@yahoo.com> Business Proposal

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- adenuga_raymond@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Raymond Adenuga" <raymond.adenuga@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: adenuga_raymond@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 06:01:38 +0300
Subject: Business Proposal

Good Day,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending you this email without your
consent. My name is Dr. Raymond Adenuga; I am the Assistant Manager at
Bank of Industries Limited (B.O.I) in West Africa, Nigeria. I have a
business proposal for you in tune of 42.6m USD to be transferred out of my
bank to a foreign bank with your assistance. After the successful transfer
we shall share in ratio of 50% for you and 50% for me.

This money was deposited at my bank by a big time business man who lost
he's life and family in the Earth Quake/Tsunami disaster that recently
distroy a very vast area of Japan, On the 11th of March 2011. What bothers
me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of
three mouths the funds will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Please respond to my
letter immediately, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give
you more information on the project and how we would handle it.

You can contact me on my private email for more information: (
adenuga_raymond@yahoo.com ) and send me the following information for
documentation purpose: Your full names, current address, mobile number,
occupation, sex and age.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Raymond Adenuga.

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