419 scam: mark oduh <markoduh3@att.net> Re: Your Payment

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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 united states 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
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.
- +2347065156302

Fraud email example:

From: mark oduh <markoduh3@att.net>
Reply-To: markoduh@live.co.uk
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:37:27 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Your Payment

From:Dr. Mark Oduh
Director General Foreign Contract Payment
Tel/Fax:+234-706 515 6302
SUB: ALLOCATED PAYMENT/ TRANSFER OF $3 MILLION.
ATTN: Unnpaid Beneficiary
After a painstaking verification on your payment file through our central computer monitoring index as mandated by the presidency, as a matter of fact I found out that your payment shall undergo a fresh process of re-approval, before it could be released due to some clauses detected in your Delivery/ payment file, moreover I even found out that you have spent so much money in trying to actualize your goal of been paid which did not even reflect in your file, but I have an offer that can at least sustain you financially pending when your contract payment will finally be released. This offer arose from the federal government reserve vault under my care. It is a total sum of USD$ 3.000,000.00 (Three million united states dollars only), which will be shared between you and I in the ratio of 50%-50%.

This amount is not from your contract sum or have any thing related to your contract payment, rather it is a left over from the allocated sum used in paying local and foreign contractors and it is directly under my custody. I am offering you this because I have seen that you are a committed creditor and your funds will not be released until all the abnormalities in your payment file are rectified and re-approved.
The only thing needed for this USD$3 million to be swiftly wired into your bank account within a couple of days is a bank account, which is different from what you already have in your contract file that ought to be legally accredited / normalize at the Federal High Court of justice as a diplomatic account in accordance to the rules and regulation of the Federal Government Financial act as amended by fund-in-transit act of 2007, already all modalities are in place to register this transaction as a diplomatic compensation.

Be adequately informed that as this is not a contract payment therefore I do not anticipate any form of bureaucracy or misfortune.

Please note that if you desire to accomplish this deal with me, just reach me immediately on the above telephone, and email intimating me on your proposed bank account so as to have the transaction consummated with a short time frame as scheduled.

Sincere wishes and best regards,

Dr. Mark Oduh
Tel:+234-706 515 6302

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