419 scam: "Senator David Mark"<davidsenator1@gmail.com> Payment Of Fund By The Presidency !!!!IT, IN AFFILPŒë¸"

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Senator David Mark" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sbarau.centralbknigeria@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 20:26:12 -0500
Subject: Payment Of Fund By The Presidency !!!!

Hello Sir/Madam,

This is to bring to your notice that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, (President Federal Republic of Nigeria) after much consultations with the American President Barrack Obama and other World Leaders on Corruption and Scam activities emanating from Nigeria and Africa issued a serious word of warning about scammers impersonating his name and other highly placed individuals in Nigeria in defrauding people through, Lottery Winning, Inheritance, Bunkering,
Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering.

Please, if you have any fund transaction with any acclaimed bank or individual in Nigeria then you are advised to stop immediately, kindly contact Nigeria embassy in your country or you send us email with your Names, Residential/Mailing Address, Marital Status, Age, Sex, business or transaction details, for inquiry about your transaction. I am embarrassed to tell the entire World that 60% of Nigerians are impostors and fraudsters and we are trying to reimburse and put a stop to this ugly trend.

Nigerian image has been tarnished around the world and popularly called Nigerian 419. We are here to refresh our image to the world from "dirty to spotless". Please, be very careful and aware that scam sounds real and added with sweet words that will attract you to believe.

Finally, don’t invest your money without proper investigation. Get back to us if you have any business transaction going on or being scammed before in Nigeria and Africa in general. Understand that your total cooperation will enable this Government to fight this menace and all that you have lost will be totally reimburse without any delay or hindrances.

Waiting to hear from you

Senator David Mark
For President Goodluck E. Jonathan

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