419 scam: "Daudu"<barristerahmeddaudu123@gmail.com> Please read and reply

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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:
- "million 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)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Daudu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerdauduahmed123@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 16:47:47 +0100
Subject: Please read and reply

Dear sir,

My name is Barrister Daudu Ahmed the private attorney to colonel Sambo Dansuki rtd, the embattled former National security adviser to former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who was defeated in march 28, 2015 presidential election which brought into power General Muhamadu Buhari rtd. who has vowed to recover every stolen loot in the last administration of president Godluck Ebele Jonathan,True to his words more than 50 political stalwarts of the opposition party which is the
peoples democratic party (PDP) was arrested by the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) who investigated them and charged them to court for various offenses of fraud but since my client was arrested over two months ago , the court has granted him bail with difficult conditions to meet that is why he is still in prison custody.

Though colonel Dansuki owned up that he was given $2.1 billion dollars for the procurement of arms to fight the Insurgent called Boko Haram but was later diverted for campaign for the president second tenure in office which he lost to the present president Buhari. My client colonel Sambo Dansuki has asked me secretly to look for a foreign partner who will help us receive and invest the money in any country of his choice on his behalf.

He told me he deposited $67 million in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. $48 million dollars in Accra Ghana, west Africa, $125 million United stated dollars in South Africa and $26 million dollars in Europe.

Please if you have good intent to help him secure and invest the money kindly respond to this urgently so that I can give you all the receipts of deposit and all necessary documents. All these monies he got legally as a retired colonel in the Nigeria army, also as the National Security Adviser to the former president Goodluck Jonathan and his inheritance from his father who was the Sultan of the Sokoto caliphate in northern Nigeria.

Best regards,

Barrister Daudu Ahmed.

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