419 scam: "Mr. Harrison Okele"<allen@dynacsports.cn> This Letter is occasioned due to the fact

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- standard.security.financeltd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Harrison Okele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <standard.security.financeltd@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:03:09 -0400
Subject: This Letter is occasioned due to the fact

Standard Security & Finance Ltd
Contact Address: The Plaza Branch
32nd Floor Reuters Building, Times Square.
Lagos - Nigeria

This Letter is occasioned due to the fact that you have not fulfilled the obligations and have given audience to unlawful officials by giving in your hard earned money without receiving your funds irrespective of the fact that "YOU" are the rightful beneficiary of funds/ estate deposited but you are now officially informed that The Resolution Panel, Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance, Aso Rock Villa - FCT, Abuja have verified your file after apprehending two weeks ago an internet scam king-pin with his accomplices through their diverted/remote IP Address: 28.4.77.40.97 and 503.783.017 .09 [hide outs] a Cash of almost US$62.5M have been recovered with auctioning of valuable properties which is presently in progress to recover and totally settle for any victim of this outrageous scams while the police remains on investigation.

In view of these facts, that is why I have contacted you sometime ago because a man had visited our Office claiming to be your representative. Give us the go-ahead to pay him and re-confirm if your personal information tally with the below submitted to avoid any hitch or breach of the law and contract.

So you need to let us know because this funds of $10,500,000.00 have been allocated to your name as compensation and should incase I don't hear from you before he pays the compulsory activation and transfer charge according to the mandate time given,we shall officially and legally make the transfer to the account #650380942811 with CITI Bank in the name of "Mr. Mahlon Clements" and no one would be held liable for any inconveniences when money must have been transferred.

View within Mr. Mahlon Clements Attached Identification:
NAME: Mahlon Thompson Clements
BANK NAME: Citi Bank, NY. U.S.A
BANK ADDRESS: #2350 Broadway # 6, New York, NY 10024. USA
ACCOUNT Number: 650380942811.

Re-confirm the above details carefully and note that your funds would be transferred via key telegraphic transfer mode(BANK TO BANK) as I earlier discussed with you. Any transportation of funds via courier or any form of movement to your address is highly illicit, un-official,prohibited and overruled. Finally, you would be required to send your full account details with a scanned copy of your ID CARD for proper identification. As in the form below if contrary with the above:

Account Owner's Name:........
Personal Telephone No.:...............
D.O.B: dd/mm/yyyy.............
Occupation:.....................
Address:.......................
Bank Name And Address:.......
Bank Phone/ Fax No.:.........
Account Number:..............
Swift Code No.:..............
Routing No.:.................

Thank you for your co-operation. I await your response as a matter of urgency but if you think this note is not for you, you can destroy and disregard responding to any e-mail from this office.

Signed,
Mr. Harry Okele
Email Addre :standard.security.financeltd@gmail.com

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