419 scam: "AHMED"<ahajihmedyayale@hotmail.com> OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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)
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.
- ahajiahmedyayale@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "AHMED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < ahajiahmedyayale@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:52:18 -0700
Subject: OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

    FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

ASO ROCK VILLA , NIGERIA

>From The Desk of The President

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces                              27 June 2010

Federal Republic of Nigeria .

ATTN:

FINAL RELEASE OF YOUR CONTRACT FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR TRANSFER FUND IS UNDER MY SECRETARY OF STATES DR.BABAGANA KINGEBE AND YOU ARE HEREBY INSTRUCTED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM IMMEDIATELY ON THIS E-MAIL : ahajiahmedyayale@yahoo.com THE MOMENT YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM THEN HE WILL PROCESS YOUR FUND AND SEND TO YOU.

YOU SHOULD RE-CONFIRM THE FOLLOWINGS TO HIM.

1} CONTRACT AMOUNT

2] CONTRACT NUMBER

3] BANK INFORMATION

4} TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER

I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING JUST GO AHEAD AND CONTACT HIM BECAUSE HE IS FULLY IN CHARGE OF YOUR FUND AND YOU WILL SURELY GET YOUR FUND AND YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THIS OPPORTURNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

Dr Goodluck Ebere Jonathan )

President/Commander-in-Chief of Army Forces

Federal Republic of Nigeria

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