419 scam: MR PAUL MADI <mrpaulmadi1234@gmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

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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:
- "transfer into your account" (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 us 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 us 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)
- "chief auditor" (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: MR PAUL MADI <mrpaulmadi1234@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrpaulmadi5050@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 15:27:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

My Dearest Friend,

I am MR. PAUL MADI, Thechief auditor in bank of Africa (boa) Burkina Faso West African, One of ourcustomers, with his entire family was among the victims of plane crash and formore about the crash you can visit the BBC web news for thetragedy.http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm>before his death, he has an account with us valued at $27.2million us dollars(twenty seven million two hundred thousand us dollars) in our bank andaccording to the Burkina Faso law, at the expiration of five years if no bodyapplies to claim the funds a grace of thirty (30) days will be given before themoney will revert to the ownership of the Burkina Faso government. My proposalis that i will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin ordistant cousin for us to claim this money, so that the fruits of this old man'slabour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials whowill later use the money to sponsor war in
Africa and kill innocent citizens inthe search for political power. As a foreign partner which this money will betransfer into your account, you Are entitle to 40% of the total money why 55%will be for me as the moderator of this transaction and 5% is been mapped outfor any expenditure that may be incur during the course of this transaction.Please note that there will be no problem as my bank has made all effortthrough to reach for any of his relation but all was fruitless. My position asthe chief auditor in this bank guarantees the successful execution of this(deal) transaction. Send the following: 1)your full name,2)sex,3)age,4)country,5)passport or photo,6)occupation,7)personal Mobilenumber,8) Personal fax number, 9) Home & office address.
Thanks. MR. PAUL MADI.

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