419 scam: "Senator Arthur Okowa"<mail@mail.com> MY BUSINESS OFFER

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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.
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.
- sen_arthur01@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Senator Arthur Okowa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sen_arthur01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:31:25 +0100
Subject: MY BUSINESS OFFER

Attention My Friend,

I am a Senator Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa representing Delta North Constituency Delta State Of Nigeria till 2015 under the platform of PDP (People's Democratic Party).

I was a member of presidential campaign committee of President Goodluck Ebere Jonathan the current president of Federal Republic of Nigeria, president election in 2011. During the course of campaign, the campaign team made about $500million from international and local donation to support the president campaign. After the election, the team was dissolved and left over fund was $100 million which was shared and splitted between the Twenty (20) men campaign committee($5million for each person), then the off-shore account was close without any further investigation.

Due to we can not be able to bring in our share of funds into the country to avoid questioning, we all decide to look for international partners for investment. All public servant and political office have limited amount to control in our account to avoid probing by the government.

Therefore I use this medium to solicit your interest, willingness and help to invest this fund abroad and make you owner of the fund deposit in a secret vault. I wish to share this total $5 million in the ration of 60/40% with you if you agreed to represent and process this funds into your account from the deposited vault in Europe.

Sir, if this interest please keep our dealings confidential from any third party because of my present statues in my country.

Please I wait your opinion, thanks for your understanding and you will never regret doing business with me.

Note : kindly reply me via my private email address (sen_arthur01@yahoo.co.jp)

Best Regards,
Senator Arthur Okowa

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