419 scam: "DIEZANI ALISSON MADUEKE"<sonia@joscotravel.com.sg> Donation to help the poor and refugees

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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)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- diezanialissonm197@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DIEZANI ALISSON MADUEKE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diezanialissonm197@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 02:30:44 -0600
Subject: Donation to help the poor and refugees

Hello dear

It is a pleasure to write you this mail. My name are, Ms. Diezani Alison Madueke, 55 years of age, I am the Former Oil minister in Nigeria and served as the first female President of OPEC, elected at the 166th OPEC Ordinary meeting in Vienna on 27 November 2014. I was Nigeria's minister of transportation on 26 July 2007. During my time as oil minister in office, i was opportune to safe keep US$9,000,000.00 (NINE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) from our oil subsidy.

I was accuse of money laundry which all this happen to be lies against me. Since I have been diagnose of cancer of the breast, I have to look for someone who will be my next of kin to inherit the fund and distribute 80% of the fund to the less privilege and poor people, while the remain 20% goes for you as my next of kin. I have been confirm to travel to London for surgery operation which am not guarantee of life that is why I am contacting you now to accept my offer and help me distribute this fund to the Orphanage and Motherless babies.

The fund in question, is a top secret fund which no member of my family or anybody knows about and i will not like anybody to know about it because of the accusation that is going on about me. I want it to be a top secret between me and you and the lawyer that will help us to get the fund to you.

The fund is deposited in a security company in Accra Ghana where i safe keep the fund and I will hand over everything to the lawyer who will help us to get all the legal document that will make you be my next of kin and sole inheritance of the fund. I don't want my name to involve in the transaction because of the scandals against me. I will like you to check on Google and type my name there, and you will see everything about me.

If you are ready to help me, kindly send me your full name, address and your telephone number and i will give you more details on how to contact the lawyer to get the entire legal document that will have your name as the beneficiary of the fund.

Thank you for your co-operation, May God blesses you and be with you. Contact me on my direct email: diezanialissonm197@gmail.com

Ms. Diezani Alison Madueke

Ex-OPEC President

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