419 scam: "Juan Carlos Restrepo" <juance@udea.edu.co> ACT AS OUR FRONT TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FOR JOINT INVESTMENT.!!

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "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)
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.
- hon_ashiru1@yahoo.co.id (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: hon_ashiru1@yahoo.co.id
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 07:35:27 -0400
Subject: ACT AS OUR FRONT TO TRANSFER THIS FUND FOR JOINT INVESTMENT.!!

Dear Sir/Madam.

I am Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, the FORMER Foreign Affairs Minister and I
have been advised by the Finance Minister to contact you to act as front on
our behalf to transfer the sum of ($70.5million UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY)
into your account for our joint investment in your country from where the
funds is presently deposited.

Please be informed that this funds emanated from the ghost names being used by
some officials of the contract committee and it was discovered during my
Auditing with the finance Minister and he advised me to quickly contact you to
use your name as front to transfer out the fund to you in your country for our
joint investment in your country,because we can not transfer the funds to our
local accounts here as civil servants, following my idea that we will have a
deal/agreement and I am going to do this legally to avoid being questioned by
your government.

We will have 65%, and you will have 35% . PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH YOUR
INFORMATION FOR MORE DETAILS. I await to hear from you urgently, as time is no
longer on our side.

Regards,
Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru
Hon. Min. of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
hon_ashiru1@yahoo.co.id

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