419 scam: "Hajia Turai Yar Adua (Former First Lady)"<test@northone.ca> PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- tu.raiyaradua@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hajia Turai Yar Adua (Former First Lady)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tu.raiyaradua@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 02:14:58 -0700
Subject: PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT,

Dear

I am Hajia Turai Yar Adua, wife to Nigeria Late President Umaru Yar'Adua,who died on Wednesday 5th of March 2010 after long illness described as "acute pericarditis". I have decided to transfer one of my late husband's fortune to you for private investment goals.

I beg your assistance to permit me to include your name in the deposit documents as our beneficiary/recipient of huge fund port-folio deposited in Ghana with a security firm so that you can get the fund into the banking system in your name until when the present titanic struggle for presidential power in the nation's corridors passes over.

Please go through the below link for more details:
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/President-YarAdua-Laid-to-Rest-in-Northern-Nigeria-92979669.html

Please get back to me via my private email: tu.raiyaradua@hotmail.com to enable me contact our family lawyer to effect all necessary changes on the deposit papers to your name so that the proceeds of this deposit worth ($48 Million USD) can be released to you by the security company since I can not front my self neither any of my family member to handle the claim not even any Nigerian no matter how close to avoid scandal.

However, I never would believe that you could for any reason ignore and refuse to assist this family with the depressed matter on ground, I am relating the matter to you following the recommendation of my husband's view while still alive as stated on his record with full confidence from the heart of the entire family that you will be of unconditional assistance to the matter for the benefit of both of us.

Therefore, I pray you act swiftly/sincerely as you should know that such a secret should not be revealed to one we don't trust. I am prepared to offer you 25% of the total sum for your participation in this investment aim.

I will appreciate you urgently contact me back without delay through email: tu.raiyaradua@hotmail.com

PLEASE GIVE THIS MATTER THE URGENT ATTENTION IT DESERVES.

Sincerely,

Hajia Turai Yar Adua
Former First Lady-F.R.N.)

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