419 scam: Dr Mike Dudu Dudu <paygensterdxx1@hotmail.com> >>>>Payment Approval : 10/12/2012. Get us updated Asap

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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:
- "anti-terrorist certificate" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "cost of transfer" (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. )
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347094257858 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Mike Dudu Dudu <paygensterdxx1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <paygenserdrmike01@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:23:55 +0100
Subject: >>>>Payment Approval : 10/12/2012. Get us updated Asap

Payment Purpose: Inheritance Overdue
PaymentPayment Value: 20,000.00 dollarsAuthourized Paying
Bank: Central Bank of
NigeriaTransaction Reference Code:
CBN/KTT/27890/0000/012Payment Approval Date: 10th Of Dec /
2012

Attention Beneficiary:

Please treat
this email with utmost urgency as it is an high priority instruction. I am
pleased to inform you that there has been light at the end of the tunnel.I wish
to inform you that after successful meeting with the President and the Senate
committee on contract/inheritance payment, the only needed payment from the
beneficiary is $130 dollars for "transmission fee" because you have been exempted from
payment for the COST OF TRANSFER, DRUG CERTIFICATE, and ANTI-TERRORIST
CERTIFICATE.Consequently, it is a great news to inform you that CBN transfer
department is processing your fund transfer now and has already in contact with
your receiving bank as the "Remittance PINCODE number" for your transaction has
been issued out and the code number is "0010-1036-7777-0000".

However, the
PINCODE number "0010-1036-7777-0000" has
been encrypted on the "MT 103 (Customer
Transfer) Swift message" .

However, the good news about your fund release
is that, this instruction has been carried out to meet up with the Presidential
transfer deadline as stipulated on the CBN Remittance Policy. Hence, the
transfer of your funds will be affected into your designated bank account within
48 hours. Please be informed that you will not be requested to pay even a penny
more after the $130 dollar fee, This is an emphatic
guarantee.

Therefore, if you can do somehow to break the yoke by
making efforts to secure and send the $130 dollars, I can assure you 100% that a
new start of financial abundance will begin in your life. I assure you
irrevocably that there are no additional 'hidden' fees to be paid after the $130
dollars. This is a definite assurance as well as a valid guarantee and I assure
you that I will honor my words without any breach.

Please be
informed that this is not a junk e-mail and you must comply as requested,
because we have no reason to delay your fund transfer once the payment for the
"transmission fee" is made today. If you need any further clarification on this
matter, feel free to interrogate and will get you updated to the best of your
knowledge.

Awaiting your Urgent reply.

Thanks

Dr Mike Dudu Dudu
+234 70 94257858

Paymaster General (CBN) at Central Bank of Nigeria

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