419 scam: "MD. UBULU UZEMBE" <mdubulu@emirate.ae> WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR ME PLEASE HELP ME

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "30% for you " (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 "dying merchant" scam.
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.
- mdubuluzembem@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MD. UBULU UZEMBE" <mdubulu@emirate.ae>
Reply-To: mdubuluzembem@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 08:17:01 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR ME PLEASE HELP ME

Dear My Beloved greetings to you and your family.
My name is MD.Ubulu Uzembe a merchant and oil magnate in Dubai United
Arab Emirate i am from the KUWAIT CITY. I have been diagnosed with
Pancreatic Cancer and It has defiled all forms of medical treatment,
and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to
medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared
for anyone not even myself but my business. Though I am very rich, I
was never generous,I was always hostile to people and only focus on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all
this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to
have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that
God has called me, I have willed and given most of my properties and
assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a
few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have
decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the
Shaik Abdullah al-Noory Charitable Society Kuwait,Philippine Algeria
and Malaysia and Sudan Egypt. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly,I cannot do this my self any more.
I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan Haiti Syria, they refused and kept the money to
themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended
with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
Fifteen Million Dollar ($15,000,000.00)with a bank I will want you to
help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.
So that this would be one of the good deeds i have done on earth,
Moreover i have set aside 30% for you and for your time patience and your
good work for God. Please if you are willing to help me send your response
and personal information to mdubuluzembem@hotmail.com
Awaiting your urgent response thank you
God be with you.
MD.Ubulu Uzembe

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