419 scam: "MR NIKOLA"<nbokun2@gmail.com> DEAR SIR/MADAM, PLS. I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- nbokun11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR NIKOLA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nbokun11@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 15:01:22 +0200
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM, PLS. I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE

Attention;
Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is Mr. Nikola Bokun the general manager of a security company located in Madrid Spain. One of most valued customer, Omar Bongo, late president of republic of Gabon, who died 8Th of June, 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. Before his death he amassed a fortune, including 66 private bank account and more than 45 homes in the name of his immediate family. Not only that, he made a lot of cash deposit in big security companies in Spain, France Belgium and Holland. There is a cash deposit of $54.8million US Dollars he made in our security company in a coded formula. I am the only person in our security company who knows about the content as money, but the staffs in our security company do not know that what he the late president deposited was money rather the depositary manifest stated that it is family treasure made up of old Pisces of gold and diamond. Now more than one year after his death, none of the member of his immediate family has come for it because they do not have the of the knowledge deposit with our s

Please this is highly confidential and you must keep it to yourself only. If you are interested to partner with us, do contact me on my private Email Address (nbokun11@gmail.com) your full names address and telephone.

Best Regards,
Mr. Nikola Bokun

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