419 scam: "Diezani Madueke"<justine002@k.ro> hi

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "my names are " (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.
- justine002@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Diezani Madueke" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 23:57:13 -0800
Subject: hi

Dear Friend,

My names are Diezani Alison-Madueke (Mrs), I was the petroleum minister
under the President Goodluck Jonathan Administration, I was formally the
minister for transportation from 26th July 2007 then moved to the
ministries of mines and steels development in 2008 as minister, I was also
appointed as the minister for petroleum. Presently, I have moved out of
Nigeria to an unknown destination for security reasons and precautions from
the new government in Nigeria.

Our former political party the PDP have lost the presidential seat to the
opposition party and also we lost almost 60% of the senate seat. There have
been so many rumors about me home and abroad from other political parties
because of my financial capacity and also because I was the first female
president of OPEC.

I am writing this short letter to person, persons or groups I can trust
with some of my funds which I have with an investment company. The total
amount I have with the investment company without return on investment or
profit is seven hundred and eighteen million (700,018,000.00) USD. Am
taking the funds out of the investment company because I received a top
class information that the new government is planning to seize and clamp
down on our conglomerate. So I have to work on this as fast as possible. I
will only want someone trust worthy that has managed a lot of funds before
and will prove to me that my money will be safe.

Please note: All messages should be private via mail. I want this letter
to be private and confidential. Immediately I get a reply from a reliable
person, I will link you with the investment company and they will hand over
the money to you or your organization.

Regards
Mrs.Diezani Alison-Madueke.
E-MAIL: justine002@k.ro

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