419 scam: "Mrs. Modupe Aliyu" <mrsmodupealiyu01@outlook.com> From Mrs. Modupe Aliyu//////////////////////

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- mrsmodupealiyu77772@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Modupe Aliyu" <mrsmodupealiyu01@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <aliyu.modupe@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:12:51 -0800
Subject: From Mrs. Modupe Aliyu//////////////////////

>From Mrs. Modupe Aliyu

Please i will like you to send copy of your response be here
mrsmodupealiyu77772@gmail.com

Dear Partner,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone through your

profile on the internet. Though, this medium (internet) has been greatly abused. But I

still choose to reach you through this media because it's still remains the fastest, surest

and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial, but

private and confidential and should be treated as such.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax or scam mail

and I urge you to treat it with all seriousness it deserves. And I also guarantee this deal

as hitch free from all what you may think of my name is Mrs. Modupe Aliyu, a branch manager

with Zenith bank Plc Lagos Nigeria The Management and the legal department of this bank

Zenith bank Plc in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of Susan Lee Kennedy

Schuler, who was one of my branch depositor, be declared dormant and confisticated. That

means froze her account and her fund sent to the banks treasury according to United Kingdom

banking and financial law. Susan Lee Kennedy Schuler until now was an account holder in my

branch.

She operates a domiciliary account with the sum of $ 7,900,000.00 Seven Million Nine

Hundred Thousand United States Dollars deposited in our bank for safe keeping before her

death. And until this date no one has come to lay claim of this fund as a beneficiary or

next of kin to the beneficiary.

I honorably seek for your assistance as follows:

(1) I want you to act as a next of kin to the beneficiary

(2) I want you to provide a new bank account in your name where this money will be

transferred into for safe keep Please note that this money will be transferred to you as

the next of kin with the assistance of a Lawyer here in Nigeria,

who will be representing you here as your Legal Adviser.

I will give you the contact of the Attorney, who will be handling all the legal

documentations. Meanwhile I will be providing all the vital Documents for this claim.

This whole process will last only but 7 Working days and this fund will be retrieved

successfully without trace even in the nearest future.

Hope to hear from you.

Mrs. Modupe Aliyu.

Please i will like you to send copy of your response be here
mrsmodupealiyu77772@gmail.com

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