419 scam: Hon.Ibrahim Olawale Contact my personal assistant.

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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:

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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348034243731 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- odinaka.leonard@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Hon.Ibrahim Olawale
Reply-To: <odinaka.leonard@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 15:39:12 -0600
Subject: Contact my personal assistant.

Dear Friend,

How are you doing? I hope fine.

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting the funds transferred into the bank account of a new partner from Japan. Presently, I am in Japan for investment projects. However, I didn't forget your past
efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the funds despite it didn't work out for us.

Now contact my secretary in Nigeria,his name is Mr.Leonard Odinaka, phone number:+2348034243731, e-mail address:(odinaka.leonard@yahoo.com) and arrange with him on how you will collect the ATM card of US$1,750,000 I kept with him for your compensation.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So, feel free and get in touch with my secretary and reconfirm to him below information;

(1) Your full names:
(2) Your current address:
(3) Your phone number:
(4) Your occupation:

At the moment, I am very busy here because of the projects I have at hand with my new partner.Once again contact my secretary on this email:(odinaka.leonard@yahoo.com) or you call him on phone.

Regards,
Hon.Ibrahim Olawale

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