419 scam: "PAUL OKOYE"<info@inter-company.com.ar> CALL ME 44 77000 67 341

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- paulokoye8000@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- which she forward to us as follow. contact via-email: paulokoye8000@gmail.com or paulokoye8000@yahoo.com furnish your valid data to (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "PAUL OKOYE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulokoye9000@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 07:34:38 -0700
Subject: CALL ME 44 77000 67 341

FIDELITY-BANK INTERNATIONAL
108 Canada Square
London Rd,E14 5HQ
Attention Beneficiary,
Ref: Q8594
File: C/L9H0445
Ref: Payment of $5,000 000 Approval.
CALL ME 44 77000 67 341
We received an instruction few days from our correspondence (Fidelity Bank) to release your awarded payment fund valued sum of $5,000,000 into your contract account,

we are on the process to open an bank account in your name and forward to you the account information so that you can access your fund in your account by yourself But

we are surprise this morning when we are about to open online bank account on your behalf, we received another email from M.SUNDARARAJ whom claim to be your

representative with a letter of trust certificate telling us that he's your next of kin and you left an instruction to him for the claim of your(deposited fund

$5000,000) Here are the below account information he forwarded to us to transfer your fund into her account.
The account which she forward to us as follow.

Contact Via-email: paulokoye8000@gmail.com or paulokoye8000@yahoo.com
FURNISH YOUR VALID DATA TO ENABLE US VERIFY YOUR DETAILS.
1. YOUR FULL NAME.
2. YOUR TELEPHONE.
3. FAX.
4. AGE.
5. SEX.
6. YOUR OCCUPATION
7. YOUR ADDRESS.
8. ANY OF YOUR ID PROOF
HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MR.M.SUNDARARAJ, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL

PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND INTO M.SUNDARARAJ.
Your Sincerely,
DR PAUL OKOYE

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