419 scam: patricia choki <chokipa50@gmail.com> Re- Very Urgent For Your Compensation

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- galiousoglo33@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: patricia choki <chokipa50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: galiousoglo33@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 11:21:35 +0100
Subject: Re- Very Urgent For Your Compensation

Dear Partner,

I am very sorry for the delay in responding to your mails. I had a
little internet problem but it is over now and I am glad I finally got
hold of you. I lost so many emails but I am trying to gather as many
as I can though with lot's of mix up. I'm happy to inform you about my
success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from Greece. Presently Iâ€™m in Greece for investment projects
with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how. Now
contact my secretary he works at European Union Office, his name is
Galiou SOGLO and his email address is (galiousoglo33@yahoo.com) Ask him to
assist you claim the total $700.000.00 (Seven hundred thousand
dollars) in a Certificate Bank Draft which I deposited for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So
feel free and get in touch with my secretary Lude Caboma as I directed
you.

I am very busy here in Greece because of the investment projects which
I and my new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I have
forwarded instructions to my secretary on your behalf to receive that
money, so feel free to get in touch with him.

Best Regards,
Patricia CHOKI.

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