419 scam: "Dr. Raymond Atuguba" <frankeandrews55@gmail.com> My Dear Friend

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- smabrok00@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Raymond Atuguba" <frankeandrews55@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Raymond Atuguba" <smabrok00@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 14:37:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: My Dear Friend

Â My Dear Friend,
With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me, my name is Dr. Raymond Â Atuguba, a executive senior manager in my bank, I have funds ($11.5m), in my possession which i got from the greedy African Politicians that used our bank to transfer money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa were gold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent. I want to move this fund(s) All I need from you is your interest to be my foreign partner so that things will be done with cordial relationship, equity and rationality. If you accept to work with me, You will retain 40% of the funds
Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this project,I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate,do declare your consent to me. I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for further information

Reply directly to my private email contact (smabrok00@gmail.com) for more detailsÂ
Thanks,SincerelyDr. Raymond Atuguba

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