419 scam: "Mr. Azu Muda" <mrazumuda0001@gmail.com> Attention Please,

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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:
- "necessary legal documents" (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. )
- "% will be for you" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- alhaji_bello147@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Azu Muda" <mrazumuda0001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: azu_muda@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:37:49 +0100
Subject: Attention Please,

Attention Please,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you I
believe you are a highly respected personality considering the fact
that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on
your country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar
with events.

I am Alhaji Bello, a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr.Steve
Anderson, who used to work with Sidetrack Company Limited. On the 21st
of April 2004, his wife and their three children were involved in a
car accident along Bobo in Burkina faso Express Road.

Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any
of my client's relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives
over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail,
hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind
by my client in a Finance Company, Particularly, the Finance House
where the deceased deposited the US$15.6million(Fifteen Million, six
Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars.)

Consequently, this Finance House issued me a notice to provide the
Next of Kin to claim the US$15.6 Million (Fifteen Million, six Hundred
Thousand U.S.Dollars.) in their custody within the next ten official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 4 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next
of kin of the deceased to claim the fund as the Next of Kin to him so
that the fund will be transferred to your account by the Finance
House.

Upon receipt of the fund, I will come over to your country to meet
with you for the disbursement of the fund and then you and I will
share the money in this order: 50% will be for me, 40% will be for
you.While 10% is for execution of the fund incase of any expenses you
encountered during the process of the fund into your account. I have
all the necessary legal documents that can back our claim we will make
with the Finance House.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this
deal through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

If you are interested in this transaction, kindly furnish me with your

1.Full name;
2.Address;
3.Cell number;
4.Sex ;
5.Age;
6.Occupation ;
7.Telephone and fax numbers ;

To enable us commence all the legal documents immediately. Please
forward your reply to this email: (alhaji_bello147@rocketmail.com) ,

Best regards

Alhaji Bello

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