419 scam: "Sir. Jibril Aminu" <udprvt@parmk.com> =?US-ASCII?B?U2VudCBvbiAwNi8wOC8yMDEw?=

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- 2347042050306

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir. Jibril Aminu" <udprvt@parmk.com>
Reply-To: "Sir. Jibril Aminu" <sir.aminu@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:57:45 -0400
Subject: =?US-ASCII?B?U2VudCBvbiAwNi8wOC8yMDEw?=

My Dear Friend,

Your payment file is among other foreign payment files here in my office for final approval. I do not know if you still have the interest of receiving this money any longer following what I have seen so far.
Any way, there is no need of beating around the bush, I am a man of 57 years of age and should be very straightforward and sincere in treating matters. To tell you the fact, why I contacted you now is to tell you the truth. Your file here on my desk depicts clearly that you did not do anything here to deserve any payment from Nigeria.

May be your friends who introduced you to this transaction at the first time did not educate you properly on how to go about this claim or they made some mistakes with you in executing this transaction, that is why you paid all those unusual and unnecessary taxes just to amend the mistakes but I am sorry to tell you that those payment did not do the magic and could not have done it. I do not want to go into much detail.

I am the paymaster general of the federation that has the yam and the knife on this issue, I know what to do and how to program this payment in order to make it finally successful this time, but you must be very sincere and agree to my points and conditions.

(1) You have to admit that you will give me 40% of this fund.
(2) You will not discuss my involvement in this transaction with any body.

You must cooperate with me in normalizing all issues in your file here and I will channel this payment to you in a very sure way.
If you agree to these points, then get back to me so that I get into action immediately.
Thanks
Sir. Jibril Aminu
Direct Tel: 234 7042050306

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