419 scam: "E. M. ARINZE & CO."<test@andrevillemont.com> Letter

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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:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- emekaarinzeandco@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "E. M. ARINZE & CO." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eemekarinze@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2018 06:45:53 +0700
Subject: Letter

E. M. ARINZE & CO.
12th Floor, Fortune Towers 27/29,
Adeyemo Akakija Str,
Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria
E-mail: emekaarinzeandco@gmail.com

ASSUME OWNERSHIP OF FUND.

I hope this meet you well as I seek your partnership in this capital project. I am Barr. Emeka Arinze, counsel to Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), former national security adviser.

I hereby request your partnership assistance in assuming ownership of the sum of $28.8m presently invested in Europe by my client. The fund is proceed from over inflated weapon purchase contracts awarded during my client's time as the national security adviser. My client cannot make claim to this investment because of his current detention by the government.

The content of this mail are expressed in confidence and solely for your personal consideration. Wherein this does not meet your interest, kindly express so, so that I can seek for the interest of someone else.

Your assistance is urgently needed to secure the fund for mutual investment purpose in your country. I am offering 20% of the total sum for your assistance, 80% will be for my client. More details will be availed to you upon your reply with the required information.

As a former government official already facing trial, my client cannot afford to work on this project personally, that is why I have been authorized to find a foreign partner, secure and invest the funds until his release from detention and ready to assume ownership. You are also advised to reply swiftly if this proposition is acceptable to you. Fill out the below with your details.

Full names:
Home address:
Mobile phone number:
Occupation:
Age:

I will contact you upon your reply with requested details to prepare the necessary document that will give you access to the fund. Please send your reply to my confidential email address emekaarinzeandco@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,
Barr. Emeka Arinze

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