419 scam: Adaba Adeiza Adaba <dr.abyyo1@gmail.com> 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:

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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Adaba Adeiza Adaba <dr.abyyo1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.abyo@yahoo.pt
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:52:47 +0100
Subject: PLEASE CLARIFY

Dear Friend,

I know that you might be surprise to receive this mail, I know it is
against my official duty to release confidential issue like this to an
outsider. There is nothing I can do to help you beside this. What I
want to tell you is about your fund with the Federal Government of
Nigeria.There are a lot of forces working against you right from the
last CBN Governor and the current Governor, this was as a result of
poor representation from your partners.

There is a way I can assist you get your fund. I have assisted a woman
from Australia with it and it worked out , though her fund was US$9.8M
in BOND aacount. What you have to do is to open another bank account
any where, if you can open it in another place, it will be nice, but
what you have to bear in mind is that you have to re-transfer the fund
to another account immediately you confirmed it in your account, I
know why I want it this way.

Note: To assist you to receive the fund you will give me 15% of the
total sum for the assistance. If you want me to go ahead, let me know
as soon as you get this mail, and I will make the transfer without
further delay, it might be 6 months that they will find out and by
then you have re-transferred the fund into another account and once
the transaction is done I will delete it from the computer payment
system data base and the fund cannot be traced.

Get back to me through this email as soon as you get this mail so that
I will be in better position to know what to do.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Adaba Adeiza Adaba..

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