419 scam: "DR SANUSI LAMIDO"<dc924354@gmail.com> CONTACT MY SECRETARY URGENTLY

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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.
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 "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- georgenaegeli@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR SANUSI LAMIDO" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 06:26:22 -0700
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY URGENTLY

Dear Friend,

How are you and your humble family today?. I am happy to inform you about
our success in getting the fund transferred under the cooperation of a new
partner from Paraguay. Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with
my own share of the total inheritance sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past
efforts and attempts to receive the fund despite that it failed some how that time.
Now contact my secretary, his name is

NAME: Mr. Georg Naegeli
EMAIL:georgenaegeli@gmail.com

Ask him to send you the total $500.000.00,(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS) draft which I kept for your compensation for all your past efforts
and attempts in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much
and may God continue to reward your good gestures. So feel free and get in
touch with my secretary Mr. George Naegeli and instruct him on where to send
the Draft containing the money to you by confirming to him your full name and
address where to send it to. Please let me to know immediately you receive it
so that we can share the joy after all the suffer at that time. In the moment, I am
very busy here because of the investment projects, which the new partner and I
are having at hand and because of this I may not be able to check my mail until
first week August, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary
on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with him, he will
send the amount to you without any delay.

Note I have attempted to call you but all effort failed and I had to
send you a mail.

With best regards
Dr Sanusi Lamido

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