419 scam: DONATUS IDORI <donatus.idori@yahoo.com> please assist me in good faith GOD bless you.

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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:
- "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. )
- "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 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)
- "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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "robert mugabe" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "liberia" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "Zimbabwe" scam.
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.
- donatusidori@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DONATUS IDORI <donatus.idori@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: DONATUS IDORI <cykwame@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 03:28:32 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: please assist me in good faith GOD bless you.

GOOD DAY.

Please help me, my name is Donatus Idori 18 yrs old, I am the only
son of Chief Mrs. Grace Idori. from Zimbabwe, a wealthy black farmer
and senior politician with the opposition political party in my
country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

Our wicked President Robert Mugabe murdered my mother; I have to
travel from my country, because I have become his next target to
eliminate. My mother was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in
The MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of brutal
dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You will read more
stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web
site:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My mother was accused of assisting the white farmers in fighting the
government, her partner Mr. Martin Olds a white farmer from British
was murdered by the government. My mother fought his partner's death
through the Court and media and she was arrested, few weeks after her
arrest, my mother was reported dead. The government claimed she died
of heart attack.

But before they came looking for me, I left the country to Liberia to
save my life, before my arrival here in Ghana. Here are my reasons for
contacting you. Before the death of my mother, she deposited the sum
of $ $11.5.M (Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) with a
security company during when she went to Ghana to purchase her farm
machinery equipment, as if she foresaw the looming danger in Zimbabwe,
this money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and
chemicals for the farms.

This is why I need your assistance to be a trust worthy foreign
beneficiary that will help me clear the money that is been kept on six
consignment boxes and have it send to your country, so that I can
arrange on how to come over to your country. I am willing to offer you
25% of the Thirty Four Million United States Dollars and the other 75%
you will advice me on how to invest it.

Please, let me know if you can assist me, with your name, mobile
contact and address, so that I can give you more details on how we
shall proceed. I await your urgent response please treat this information very
confidential.

Please send you reply to my private email contacts (donatusidori@hotmail.com)

Thanks.
Donatus Idori.

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