419 scam: George Osahon <drdavidjackson1@yahoo.com> I solicit for your response

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: George Osahon <drdavidjackson1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: George Osahon <george_osahon2014@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 12:00:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I solicit for your response

Â Attention: Sir/Ma

It is my great pleasure to contact you after my search for a very reliable person that can collaborate with me to carry out a very confidential business transaction that will be of mutual benefit. First of all, let me introduce myself to you. I am Mr. George Osahon,
54 years old and I am married with three (3) children. I am a Civil servant and a Director of Petroleum Resources under the Federal Ministry of Petroleum here in Nigeria.

I really want to believe that you are that person whom I really want to contact because of the secrecy of this great business transact. I do hope you will keep this secret as I wouldn't want you to divulge this information to my Ministry and or to the Security
agencies.

Please I would like to solicit from you to know if you can use your good position to receive the sum of US$27,500,000 on my behalf since you are a foreigner. For your information, this fund in question is an over invoiced bill resulting from Contracts executed by one
of our Contractors. Note that the Contracts were executed and the Contractor had long been paid. So, I will like to include you as one of our contractors so that the fund would be released to you. Be informed that as a Civil Servant, we do not have the authority to own
a foreign Account hence the essence of contacting you.

Meanwhile, be informed that this deal is 100% risk free as I have already set out strategies that will ensure the successful movement of the fund to you. For your collaboration, you shall receive 50% of the fund while the other 50% will come to me. Please take this
as a good fortune as I will like to secure the future of my family and myself with my own share of the proceeds. So, if you are ready to collaborate with me,

do let me know by responding to me very urgently. I will also like to have your telephone number so that I can talk with you on the telephone.

Once again, please do me a favor never to forward this mail to any quarter in case you are not interested. I will be very much happy to receive your response if my proposition to you is accepted.

Respectfully,
George Osahon
Director: Petroleum Resources
Federal Ministry of Petroleum

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