419 scam: Daniel Umka <wed24gfune40info@att.net> Re:For Investment in Real Estate Development in your Country YOUR URENT REPLY.

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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 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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Umka <wed24gfune40info@att.net>
Reply-To: danielumka19011@yahoo.in
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:23:26 -0500
Subject: Re:For Investment in Real Estate Development in your Country YOUR URENT REPLY.

Good Evening,

Sorry for not contacting you from my Country. Its because of network failure I am Daniel Umka, From (Rep. of Congo Brazzaville) I am the only remaining son and child of Late Mr. Francis G. Umka, and My Late father was the Managing Director of Mining Company in my Country. He was killed by rebels with my mother and two sisters in my Country when they were coming back from Church. After the burial, I have to come back to Ghana and I have been here since few days now to find solution on how you will assist me to claim our Consignment Box which my late father deposited with a Security Company here in Ghana and transfer it to your Country for Investment.

As we were discussing on the phone before I travel back to my Country concerning how the Diplomat will deliver the Consignment box to you in your Country, everything is intact. All the contact concerning the delivering is 100% guaranteed as the Director of the Delivering Diplomatic Department assured me. He said that as soon as I conclude every arrangement with you, they will proceed with the delivering to your doorstep in your Country. The agreement which my late father reached with the Security Company is that his partner from South Korea will receive the Consignment box but unfortunately my late father told me that the partner died (his partner) in a ghastly motor accident in South Korea. That is why I am contacting you for your assistance and then I will introduce you to the Company as my late father's business foreign partner that is supposed to receive the Consignment box on my behalf as the next of kin.

Also my late father told me that he deposited $250,000 USD with HFC Bank here in Ghana and I have met with the Bank Manager who made me to understand that its true that my late father deposited $250,000 USD and he made me to understand that he is waiting for my late father's partner from South Korea to direct him on how he will receive the fund because they have agreed that he will receive this fund through ATM Credit Card or Bank Draft for the expenses of delivering our Consignment Box to his Country.

I think what you have to do now is to reconfirm and send me your full name and delivering address with a copy of your International Passport or Driving License so that I will take the Information to the Bank and they will use it to issue the $250,000USD into ATM Credit Card or Bank Draft on your name as the new beneficiary to enable us proceed with this transaction without wasting any time. To show you my seriousness in this transaction, on my next respond to your mail, I am going to attach a copy of my International Passport, and Deposit Certificate with the Receipt which my late father used to make a part payment to the Security Company for our Consignment box.

The Information of the Security Company is in this Document which I will send to you and you will use it to contact them for more information regarding this transaction. I will also give you the information of the Attorney that will help you to transfer the Changing of Ownership on your name as the new beneficiary of the Fund.

Please remember that the total amount in our Consignment box which is deposited by my late father with the Security Company is (USD$26.7 Million Dollars). This Fund is meant for Investment in Real Estate Development as my late father advised me on his sick bed before he passed away. Please I will like you to handle this transaction very well as your own and take me as your son and I will like you to be my Advice and Manager in terms of Investment. I am willing to offer you 30% of the total fund and 70% will be for me for the Investment in your Country or any other Country under your supervision.

As soon as I receive your response, tomorrow I will go to the Attorney Office so that he will prepare a Contract Agreement Form between me and you and then I will send it to you so you will read and sign and return back to me then we will proceed immediately. Please feel free to ask me question where ever you are confused in this transaction so that I will explain more to you.

I am waiting for your urgent response.

Thanks,
Daniel Umka

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