419 scam: "Jonathan Owerri"<recordsolution2@mail.ru> Thanks For The Past.

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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)
- "million us 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)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- +2348074690760 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- recordsolution1@mail.ru

Fraud email example:

From: "Jonathan Owerri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <victorialawrence01@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:40:34 -0700
Subject: Thanks For The Past.

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Russia . Presently I am in Russia for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me to transfer those funds despite that it failed us somehow.

Now, contact my confidential secretary Mrs. Victoria Lawrence and my support staff Mark Peters with my office direct telephone number Tel +234 80 74690760 or email address is recordsolution1@mail.ru

Ask her to send you the total sum $1.5 Million US Dollars which I kept as your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated all your efforts during that time very much, so feel free and get in touch with Mrs. Victoria Lawrence and instruct her where to send the payment instrument to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive the fund so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at this time. In the interim, I am very busy here because of the Steel investment projects which my new partners and i are

having at hand.

Finally, Remember that I had forwarded instruction to Mrs. Victoria Lawrence on your behalf to receive those money, so without prejudice, get in touch with her to send the amount to you without any delay. Should she lack the neccessary fund to ship the payment instrument to you, please asist her with little fund as external auditors are currently auditing our financial records for this quarter.

With best regard,

Dr Owerri Jonathan.

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