419 scam: "Dr. Dived K. Dike"<hfr525@hotmail.com> Re: The Bitter Truth

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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: "Dr. Dived K. Dike" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hfr515@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:08:00 +0100
Subject: Re: The Bitter Truth

Debt Clearance Commission
Central Bank of Nigeria
Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street,
Garki 11, Garki-Abuja.

Good day,

The Bitter Truth.

Do you want to continue spending your money on endless request of one document or the other after which you pay to obtain it, another problem comes up which means money. You are always at the giving end with the hope of getting something; at the end it is another demand because of a small problem which will be the last.

The only solution is to end this transaction the way you started it. You have spent enough, let us wire the funds out to you and destroy every document and i run away with my family. This can be finished in less than five bank working days.

Am the junior officer responsible for communicating wire instructions to correspondent banks. I know how it works and all confirmations comes back to me. Currently, we are here in Nigeria on verification and payment exercise that is when I discovered what you have been through.

This Is the Only Way Out, So let us Do It without Their Knowing and I Will Resign As Soon As You Confirm the Funds and Run Away.

Please you will not call me on the bank"s telephone lines.

Dr. Dived K. Dike
Debt Clearance Commission
Central Bank of Nigeria
Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street,
Garki 11, Garki-Abuja.

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