419 scam: "DR. Wakolo Dedemus"<wakolo@netvigator.com> RE: PLEASE CLARIFY

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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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- dedemusw@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. Wakolo Dedemus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dedemusw@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 20:23:55 +0800
Subject: RE: PLEASE CLARIFY

WORLD BANK / UNITED NATIONS 2014/15 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENT.

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nation / World Bank to pay 150 scam victims $5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLAR) each. You are listed and approved for this
payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back
to me as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your
$5,000,000.00 compensations funds. On this faithful recommendations,
we want you to know that during the
last U.N. /World bank meetings held in United Kingdom (UK), it was
alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by
various individuals to the African scams artists operating in
syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims,
the U.N Body/World bank in conjunction with the British Government is
now paying 150 victims of
These operators of $5,000,000.00 each in accordance with the
U.N./World bank recommendations.
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in the World, the
payments are to be supervised by the United Nations Officials and the
World Bank as the corresponding paying bank. to the number of
applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the
victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be
paid the compensations of $5,000,000.00each.Your particulars was
mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was
Arrested as one of the victims of the operations, you are hereby

warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him /her for
any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace
of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit
their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. I
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.through my email : dedemusw@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,

DR. Wakolo Dedemus
The financial adviser to the President Nigeria

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