419 scam: "Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN),"<imf-headoffi-ny@live.com> *STRICTLY FOR YOUR EYES ONLY*

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN)," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vndomegba@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 01:06:45 -0500
Subject: *STRICTLY FOR YOUR EYES ONLY*

Hello,

How are you my friend, I sincerely hope this letter meets you in health and
happiness. My name is SEN. VICTOR NDOMA EGBA (SAN), the Majority Leader Senate,
Nigeria. I got your email through a reliable source who assured me discreteness
in this matter.
I need your assistance to help me hide the sum of US$75Million in your account.
This money is part of the proceed from an excess crude oil sold last year 2013
allocated to me through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for
the part I played in some vital political issue concerning the legislative and
executive arm of the government.
I will not need this money until October this year 2014 when I will be preparing
to vie for the post of senate president. I am keeping it with you because at the
expiration of this current political dispensation, all political office holders
will be made to declare his/her asset. And thorough investigation will be
carried out on our family members, friends and relations to ensure we did not
use them to siphon money. So the only way to secure this money is to keep it
far from me and with someone I am not in any way close to.
For your assistance, you will take the sum of US$15Million for yourself as a
compensation for your assistance while you secure the remaining US$60Million for
me until when I call for it.
I will stop at this point and request that you get back to me urgently, I am
waiting…

Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba (SAN),
The Majority Leader Senate, Nigeria

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