419 scam: "Hon.Usman Wada" <wada_nas@rocketmail.com> Greetings

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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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "wadanasima222@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon.Usman Wada" <wada_nas@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: wadanasima222@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 09:55:24 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings

Dear Sir,

Greetings,

I am Hon. Haddad Ahmed, a former top government official in Nigeria.
I have a serious issue that I want to share with you, and I will need
your help. As a former top government official conspiracy was set
against my political career, recently I have serious problems with Mr.
President because of an allegation of missing of public funds during
my administration at the office as Accountant General of the Federation.

Some of my properties and bank accounts in Nigeria and outside Nigeria have
been frozen by by the government and I have been charged in regular
court here. I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know what will happen to me in the future, because
in my country the judiciary is very corrupt and the ruling government
use them to pervert justice and as such one should expect the worst
violation of human right and justice.

But my lawyers are doing their best so that I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get sentenced to
Jail. Please i need your help to keep an amount totaling 35 million dollars
that is presently in a finical intuition in Europe which nobody knows
about.

If you accept to invest and keep this money, you can take 5 million
dollars for yourself. This is better for me, rather than the government
seeing and taking over the money, I am happy because the money does not
have any trace because all original documents were not found in my
residence in Nigeria. This money released to you within 3
working days.

Please confirm your telephone numbers and home/office address for
discussion.

Again, i urge you to keep this private invitation top secret as it is
my last hope of investment fund not known to the government so as to
safeguard it.

I wait for your urgent revert soon through my email address:
wadanasima222@ymail.com

Best Regards,

Hon.Usman Wada

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