419 scam: "DR FRED OLDHAM" <drfredoldham@yahoo.com> FROM DR FRED OLDHAM

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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:
- "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 united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR FRED OLDHAM" <drfredoldham@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ctme1983@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:15:50 -0500 (EST)
Subject: FROM DR FRED OLDHAM

Dear Sir,

Greetings;

My name is DR FRED OLDHAM, I hail from United State Of America married
with two children. I am the Director of Global Security & Finance Services
Limited .

I got the information concerning you from the United Nations and after due
consideration, I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace of
God, that you will not disappoint me over this deal.

I have been working with this company Global Security & Finance Services
Limited for over twenty years. Within this period, I have watched with
meticulous precision how African Heads of State and Government
functionaries have been using Global Security & Finance Ltd to move funds,
in USD$, Pounds Sterling, French Francs (cash) to their foreign partners.

They bring in these consignments of cash through my company and secretly
declare the contents as jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family
treasures, and documents etc.

This head head of State are, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni
Abacha of Nigeria (dead), Fode Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of
Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote
d"Ivoire (Abidjan) etc.

All these people have many consignments deposited with my office. Their
foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these
consignments, But there is a particular one which they don't know about.

A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as fifteen years.
Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the Certificate of
Deposit are never available to anybody except the depositors or me since
most of them are dead.

I have through the instrumentality of Global Security & Finance
re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into the Vault
Facility of a reputable Security Company in another state here in America.
Since the inception of the year 2000, our company's management has changed
the procedure of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce
the secret information as contained in the secret file of any consignment,
it will be released to you upon demand.

I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim consignment No. 4438,
6823 containing $500,000,000.00. ( Five hundred Million United State
Dollars Only.)

I will supply you with all the information and documents that will
facilitate your easy claim of the consignment.Upon your positive reply of
this letter, I will furnish you with further details and information
regarding the mod of operand for the execution of the transaction.

This business is risk free as I have taken care of all necessary
preventive measures.

The mode of sharing will be 50-50.

You can reply me back by email and I will direct you on what to do.

Upon your positive consideration and reply of this letter we shall
proceed, Expedite action.

Yours faithfully,

DR FRED OLDHAM

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