419 scam: " GOODMAN JR."<accountuserinfo@gmail.com> FROM THE DESK OF JAMES GOODMAN JR.

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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 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.
- +2347034439007 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: " GOODMAN JR." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesgoodmanjr@e-mail.ua>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:14:01 +0100
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF JAMES GOODMAN JR.

FROM THE DESK OF JAMES GOODMAN JR. World Bank ( Head ) West African Payment Regional Center Lagos - Nigeria Zone E-mail: jamesgoodmanjr@e-mail.ua +234-7034439007. Attention: Beneficiary. Our intensive and networking investigation into your contract/inheritance payment has warranted us to contact you in order to know if you are still alive or dead. Your payment has been officially and legally approved for payment by the National Assembly, and endorsed by the Federal Executive council, in conjunction with world bank officials. But there is a dramer happening here in our office, because we have in our custody a deed of assignment presented to us by one Mr. Donald Malone from Toronto, Canada.He alleged that you died of a terminal illness (cancer), he alleged that you signed the deed of assignment for him as your next of kin when the doctors confidently informed you that have few days more to live on planet earth. Having verified the deed of assignment he presented and found out some irregularities. we decided to write you this email to find out if indeed you are dead, we will consider it true that you are dead if we did not get any response from you after five working days. We will accordingly release the said approved money to him as your next of kin, on the contrary if you read this email which means you are still alive and we hope you are, then reply and reconfirm the information listed below: Your Names: Your Home/Office Address: Your Phone: Your present Occupation: Your Age /sex: Your Identity: Purpose of Claim(Contract,inheritance or winning payment): Receiving your quick responds will prove to us that we are in right and direct contact with the legitimate and bonafide beneficiary of the money . Otherwise we will have no alternative but to release your money to Mr. Donald Malone on the strength of the Deed of Assignment he submitted for this purpose. Best Regards, Mr.JAMES GOODMAN JR. World Bank ( Head ) West African Payment Regional Center Lagos - Nigeria Zone E-mail: jamesgoodmanjr@e-mail.ua +234-7034439007.

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