419 scam: Mr.Suleman Ademola Raji <ukmsnboard@live.com> For Your Attention:

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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.
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.
- sulemana_raji@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Suleman Ademola Raji <ukmsnboard@live.com>
Reply-To: <sulemanaraji@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:23:12 +0000
Subject: For Your Attention:

FROM Mr.SULEMAN ADEMOLA RAJI,
Private Email (sulemana_raji@aol.com)

For Your Attention:

I apologize for disturbing you but if I can have your attention, we will make a fortune out of this

I am Mr.Suleman Ademola Raji, A personal secretary to Mr Philip Onwuzuike Chukwu, Group Executive Director (Exploration and Production) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). With the mandate of my boss Onwuzuike Chukwu, I am writing to solicit for your partnership to facilitate the movement away from here of this fund which resulted from inflated contract amount, for a mutual benefit.

It might interest you to know that our Government, through the Finance Ministry has Approved and authorized the last payment of US$32.4 Million for contract No. NNPC/FGN/CBN-647/293NG/13. However, unknown to the Government, this last part of the contract amount is the over invoiced or inflated amount of the contract value.

I am writing to you because we want you to play an important role in the movement of this excess amount by providing a safe bank account where this fund could be transferred to. Note that for your part in the transfer of this fund, you are entitled to 20% of the total amount after transfer and 3% is for any expenses. However, if this piece of information is okay by you, kindly reply for more detail, on the other hand, because of the confidential nature of this message, if you are not well disposed to the reality of this proposition, i advise that you kindly delete same from your system, as though you did not received it all. I will detail you more in your return.

I shall wait for your response.

Sincerely,
Mr.Suleman Ademola Raji.

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