419 scam: "Mr. Desmond Joe" <sales@dulichdongbang.com> URGENT 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:

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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
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.
- desjoe00@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- me on this transaction, do send to my private email address desjoe00@aol.com or desjoe00@gmail.com the following information: 1. your (Aol; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Desmond Joe" <sales@dulichdongbang.com>
Reply-To: desjoe00@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:47:03 +0100
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE

Dear,

My greetings to you. I am Mr. Desmond Joe, the special personal assistant
to former First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Patience Goodluck Jonathan. My
duties with the former First Lady of Nigeria gave me access to many deep
secret financial transaction carried out by the former First Lady during
the time of Goodluck Jonathan administration. On several occasion I was
delegated to deliver huge sums of fund to different location and
personalities. During the 2015 Nigeria Presidential Election, was in
charge of many several distribution of funds to several location and
individual.

I was able to make huge sums of fund in total of US$11,858,560.00 (Eleven
Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Eight Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty US
Dollars Only. I was able to secretly secure this fund with an undercover
financial firm outside the shore of Nigeria for my personal use, as I was
not sure of what the outcome of the election would become.

Now that my madam husband Goodluck Jonathan has lost the election and the
current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is digging deep into
every financial dealing of the past administration of Nigeria, it will not
be safe to continue keeping the fund with the financial firm. As you can
confirm from the recent newspaper publication about four companies pleaded
guilty to money laundering in the case with EFCC.

I request for your partnership for the investment of this my funds of
US$11,858,560.00 into any good high interest yielding business in your
country. I wish to secure this fund under your care pending the time this
present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is over, and we can
move into the investment of the fund into the business.

On this note, I am ready to offer you 15% of the total sum of
US$11,858,560.00 for your assistance and confidentiality in this
transaction (US$1,778,784.00) while 85% (US$10,079,776.00) will be secured
by you for me in a separate account for my future investment in your
country. Also you will be entitled to 30% of the profit from the
investment of my own (85%) share of the fund payable every year after
taxation for the period of ten years.

If you are interested to partnership with me on this transaction, do send
to my private email address desjoe00@aol.com or desjoe00@gmail.com the
following information: 1. Your names 2. Your address 3. Your private
telephone and email address 4. Your Occupation and 5. Your country of
origin.

Upon the receipt of the above information, I shall provide you with all
procedure in getting this fund to your custody.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation as I await your positive response
to this letter.

Best regards,
Mr. Desmond Joe
Direct E-mail: desjoe00@aol.com or desjoe00@gmail.com

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