419 scam: "Adewale Daniels" <tilera@winkorea21.co.kr> Hello!!

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
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.
- ad.daniels001@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adewale Daniels" <tilera@winkorea21.co.kr>
Reply-To: dradewaledaniels@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 16:26:22 -0500
Subject: Hello!!

Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail=
instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and impo=
rtance of the information. This project is based on trust, confidentiality =
and sincerity of purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the mind=
s. I am Dr. Adewale Daniels, the General Manager Accounting ExxonMobil Nige=
ria, I got your contact on my confidential search on the internet of your c=
ountry data base in the search for s citizen of your Country, that should s=
tand as my foreign partner on the claim and joint utilization of this fund =
that is lying unclaimed in the domiciliary account of a foreign contractor =
of this organization that died of cardiac arrest in United Kingdom. The fun=
d valued at Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, c=
ame to exist as an unclaimed contract payment made by this organization int=
o the account of a foreigner for a particular contract executed Four (4) ye=
ars ago , ever since this payment was transferred into his account here in =
my country, every effort made to get hold of his next of kin or relative to=
put in claims on this contractor payment has not been fruitful. For more d=
etails, write me directly on: ad.daniels001@yahoo.com, in you are intrested=
. If not, kindly delete. Daniels=20

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