419 scam: "Dr. Onu-Ego Okoye" <mgr596@yahoo.com> Drafted letter for the old job

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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:
- "consignment " (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Onu-Ego Okoye" <mgr596@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Onu-Ego Okoye" <cb20_b14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:17:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Drafted letter for the old job

Â Due to your inability to comply with the releasing of your fund by previous administrators, I wish to inform you that thereafter reviewing the obstacle and obligation surrounds the release of your $4.8m and your inability to meet up with the releasing option level against you by the previous administrators, thereafter paying some enormous charges they imposed on you. Then your $4.5m has been repackaged into consignment for immediate and onward delivery through the Accredited Courier Clearing House to you, as the best means of releasing your $4.8m to you and you received it accordingly.
Meanwhile, the Accredited Courier Clearing House has experience and qualification in conducted a perfect delivery globally upon your compliance with their delivery formalities and status they operate. So they further advise you to reconfirm youâ€™re the enlisted info of yours below to avoid
wrongful delivery.Full name: ............Delivery Address: ............Private Cell phone: ............Home phone: ....................And a copy of your identity: .......
Therefore, I shall use my influence to undergo the entire necessary processes here without demanding any money from you, based on your previously experience, them I have personal determine to prove their wrongful doing by ensuring you receive your fund immediately through this means. So all I want you to do now is to confirm your readiness and interest in receiving it, so that I shall proceed and complete the entire arrangement and delivery will commence to you and you receive it accordingly thereafter undergoing the clearance at your country.Dr. Onu-Ego Okoye

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