419 scam: Igbekwu <oveveigbekwu@blumail.org> Attention:Beneficiary scammed by Nigerian 419

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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:
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "oveveigbekwu@blumail.org" (this email address has been used in a known 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.
- igbekwuovive@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Igbekwu <oveveigbekwu@blumail.org>
Reply-To: igbekwuovive@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:34:40 +0300
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary scammed by Nigerian 419

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Attention: Beneficiary,

SCAMMED VICTIM/ $1.5million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654. We were
delegated by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [ EFCC ] Nigeria in
conjunction with the United Nations to pay 200 Americans,Asia Europe etc who
were scammed by Nigerian 419 artists/pepetrators the sum of $1.5million each,
you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed
victims, get
back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1.5million
compensations funds.
In view of this recommendations, I want you to know that during the
last UN and
EFCC meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the
rest of the
world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various oreigners to the scams
artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, In other to
retain the
good image of this country, the president (JONATHAN) has instructed
the payment
of 200 victims the sum of $1.5million each via.Willbros express
securities under
funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria.According to the number of
applicants at hand, 85 beneficiaries has been paid.we still have more
left to be
paid the compensations of $1.5million.
Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was
arrested in Imo
State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned
not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason whatsoever,
Efcc in surpport of the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.
For more vital information, You will receive your compensations payments via a
ATM PAYMENTS and not a WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further
modalities
as soon as I hear from you.Please get back to me through :E- mail: [
oveveigbekwu@blumail.org ] igbekwuovive@yahoo.com ]
Yours faithfully,
DR IGBEKWU OVIVE ,
De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,

EFCC And United Nations Compensation Committee

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