419 scam: Godwin Ezeh <00gdeze@gmail.com> CONFIDENTIAL

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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.
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.
- gd_eze1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Godwin Ezeh <00gdeze@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gd_eze1@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 17:45:28 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

TRANSFER OF US$35,500.000.00

We are making this contact with you after satisfactory information
gathered
from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce. Based on this, we are convinced
that
you will provide us with a solution to effect remittance of the sum of
$35,500.000.00 resulting from over costing of job/services done for the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), by foreign companies.

We are top officials of NNPC. We evaluate and secure approvals for
payment
of contracts executed for NNPC. We have tactfully raised values to a
foreign company for onward disbursement among ourselves the Director of
Accounts/Finance and Director of Audit. This transaction is 100% safe.
We
are seeking your assistance and permission to remit this amount into
your
account.

We have agreed to give you 25% of the total value, while our share will
be70%. The remaining5% will be used as refund by both sides to off set
the
cost that must be incurred in the areas of public relations, engaging of
legal practitioner as attorney, taxation and
other incidentals in the course of securing the legitimate release of
the
fund into your account.

Please indicate your acceptance to carry out this transaction urgently
on
receipt of this letter. I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for
a
formal application to secure the necessary approvals for the immediate
legitimate release of this fund into your account.

Please understand that this transaction must be held in absolute privacy
and confidentiality.Please respond if you are interested through my
alternative address:
gd_eze1@yahoo.com

Thanks for your co-operations.

Yours faithfully,
Godwin Ezeh

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