419 scam: oliver kofi <engoliverkofi076@gmail.com> From Engineer David Oliver Kofi (Your urgent reply)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million 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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- engineerdavid.un.gh@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: oliver kofi <engoliverkofi076@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:11:58 -0700
Subject: From Engineer David Oliver Kofi (Your urgent reply)

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All Money Worker/mint
No.41 Industrial Way OSU
Accra-Ghana,

Attention:

I am writing you in respect of your money that is with me here in my
office,
Two months back I received a customer that came to my office because he
saw the sample of the seaboard of my office that i am an original
engineer that have all kinds of machines that can cut any type of boxes and
also a doctor that can treat any type of funds in any form either
deface money, stamped money that can not be cleaned, any kind of bank
reserve
treasury money that is been attached together, compress money, in shot
I treat any problem of all funds, I am an associate that have worked
with the united nation and the bank of Ghana but now I am self employed.

I have waited for this Youngman for some months now but he is not forth
coming and I saw your email address that is was attached with the box,
I will like to tell you that I have opened the box and the money was a
deface currency which I have cleaned with my money cleaning
machine, your money is original America dollars clean but the odour of the
chemical I use to clean the money is inside the money but will have to get
a bank spray to spray the money that is why I am contact you for you to
know that the consignment box that you have in our office the money is
ready been clean.

If really you know that you are the one that have this money you can
call me for your money or you contact your trusted partner that can call
me and come for the money am a GOD fearing man so I cannot rape where
I did not sow meaning that your money is save with me, the total
amount of the money is $22million dollars.

So you can contact me on behalf of your money that is in the office or get
back to me with your private Telephone Number and your quick reply.I will
advise you to reply to my private email :(engineerdavid.un.gh@gmail.com)

Thank you and God be with you.

Yours Faithful

Engineer David Oliver Kofi*

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