419 scam: "Mr Clive Albert Adolph"<allyjake@horizon.co.fk> FOR YOUR INFORMATION!!

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "is highly 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Clive Albert Adolph" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <adolphcliv@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 21:50:37 -0800
Subject: FOR YOUR INFORMATION!!

Hello My Dear Friend,

My Name is Mr Clive Albert Adolph.I am a banker. I am contacting you in respect of my client fund, an ex-banker (Andrei Borodin,s) He is seeking for a private company or individuals that can manage and invest his funds wisely, he has a huge amount of money in the excess of millions pounds in the bank.

I can received your call in-case you need to talk to me. This quest came as a result of my client asylum status in London. We do want what happened in Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg where the bank frozen his account to repeat.

We are afraid that government may order for the frozen of account if there is an avenue to do so. Base on this observation, I need an alternative means of securing the fund.

There will be a Court approval order for the claim of the funds.I will only give further details if you are interested because this transaction is Highly Confidential because I'm still in service.

To understand more of my plight, please read the link for your clearance. We are ready to pay good commission and generous bonus. Let me know your percentage %.

Go through the site for proper clarification http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21627481

Best Regards

Mr Clive Albert Adolph.

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