4 Men Charged in NY in 'Princess Diana' Email Scam

Federal authorities said Thursday: Four Queens, N.Y. men operated an international email lottery scam that suckered 30 to 40 people around the globe out of over $2 million.

NEW York City prosecutors have stimulating four men with cheating people by telling them they would won the bogus $5 Million Princess Diana Lottery.
The two Nigerian-born men, who are citizens living in Cambria Heights, blanketed the internet with emails promising their victims a $5 million windfall from a scam Princess Diana Lottery.

According federal prosecutors: They referred to their victims as magu Nigerian slang for fool.

A grievance unsealed Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn accuses the men of telling other victims in e-mails they would inherit millions of dollars from distant relatives. The ploy was used to get the victims to give up bank account and other personal information that was used to steal their identities. Some victims even were convinced to wire money to pay taxes.

Victims from across the United States and their banks lost in excess of $2 million. The men each face up to 30 years in prison if convicted of wire fraud conspiracy. Diana was the Princess of Wales and she died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. Patrick Ugochukwu Ohazurike, 41, was arrested in Tennessee and is predictable to be transferred to Brooklyn.

Scammer mail

Don't fall for these type of scam mails:
From: Samuel dlovu [mailto:hassanm20@yahoo.com.hk]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:44 PM
Subject: REPLY ME PLEASE 202.96.186.204

Dear Sir,

I know this mail is coming to you as a surprise, but accept it because am in
a very difficult situation and I need your urgent help and assistance.
As you receive this mail I pray that you use your kind heart to help me.
I have two boxes containing ($12.000.000.00) Twelve million at the
International Airport in Belgium as I write this mail.This money was left
for me by my late parents during the war in my country and was deposited in
a trust Company in Ghana .
Two weeks ago we made arrangement with a Diplomat to deliver the boxes to Mr
Jan kohl who promised to receive the boxes, but since the arrival of the
Diplomat in Belgium all efforts to contact Mr., Jan has failed. This is why
am contacting you to go to Belgium to receive the boxes for me after which I
will want you to use the money for investment for both of us.
I am ready to give you whatever percentage you wish to take after you
receive the boxes because you could be my last hope.
As soon as you are ready to assist me I will give you the contact of the
Diplomat in Belgium so that you can discuss with him on how to deliver the
boxes to you. And I will also give you the combination code to open the
boxes.
Find attached also is the Certificate of Deposit which my late parent used
in depositing the boxes with the trust company in Ghana.
I expect your urgent reply to relief me of the pains am going through now.
Thank you very much in anticipation of you reply.

Sincerely

Samuel dlovu.

scammers mail

scammers mail:

From: pmbeki@lineisp.co.uk
To: pmbeki@lineisp.co.uk
Sent: February 26, 2006 2:00 AM
Subject: reply me
Dear Friend,

Greetings to you this day, I am writing you urgently for your cooperation in an issue I need you to handle with me. My name is Mr. Paul Ngobe, and I am a banker based in Nigeria West Africa. I was actually helping a friend Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba a businessman from the USA transfer some of his money from Iraq during the time Islamic terrorist thugs murdered people unjustly and destroyed their properties without any form of pity. Neenus Y. Khoshaba was an unfortunate victim of this attack, he was Kidnapped and Murdered on May 22, 2005. More information can be found on his death if you view these sites.

http://www.Nigerian Spamlandsecurityus.com/khoshaba.asp
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/006293.php
http://wwwmiddle-east-online.com/english/?id=13566

Before his death, he had deposit the sum of Usd$18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million American Dollars) with Intercontinental bank which I once worked for. These were proceeds he made secretly from various oil deals in Iraq and Nigeria. I had the opportunity of knowing this because I was his banker. He also appealed to me to ensure that the funds were safely kept and if anything should happen to him I should make his fiancée his next of kin. I made frantic effort to contact any relatives of Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba for the past two months without any success, his fiancée died of shock after hearing of his death. At this point I am contacting you to act as the next of kin/original beneficiary to Mr. Neenus Y. Khoshaba's fund in the bank because the bank is planning to hold the funds as "uncleared funds" and thus make it bank's money since no one has come forward to claim it. I need you to stand as the next of kin so that the funds can be processed in your name so that it can be transferred to your account. I cannot do this alone neither can make claims to it myself that is why I need your assistance. If you agree to take up this responsibility, then I will facilitate the process in making you the official beneficiary to the funds and you will be required to contact the bank to instruct a transfer I await your reply.

Best Regards
Charles williams
Financial Advisor
Tel: +234-8026191146
My alternative email address is paulmbeki1@latinmail.com

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Fake passort used by dating scammers:

A fake passport is a passport issued by governing bodies and then copied by persons not authorized to create such documents or engage in such modifications, for the purpose of deceiving those who would view the documents about the identity or status of the bearer.
It also encompasses the activity of acquiring passports from governing bodies by falsifying the required supporting credentials in order to create the preferred identity.

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If you receive such a mail, then file a complaint to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Overview about scam

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Telemarketing scam

Tips to avoid telemarketing scam:

• It's very difficult to get your money back if you've been scammed over the phone. Before you buy anything by telephone, remember.
• Don't buy from a strange company. Genuine businesses understand that you want more information about their company and are happy to comply.
• Always ask for and wait until you receive written objects about any offer or aid. If you get unsolicited mail about costly investments, ask someone whose financial advice you trust to review them. But, unfortunately, be careful not everything written down is true.
• You must not be asked to pay in advance for services. Pay services only after they are send.

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operation of scam

The scammer operation is professionally organized in Nigeria, with offices, working fax numbers, and often contacts at government offices.

Operation of scam

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To avoid online dating scam

Dating scam allows members to establish online relationships. Frequently, these online friendships blossom into genuine long-term relationships. The people around the world have been sending funds to Internet fraudsters posing as would-be girlfriends or boyfriends.

New tricks of Nigerian Scammers :

• Collecting names and email addresses- Leaving messages on obituary site guestbook’s, contacting them with asking for money.
• Hacking Face book accounts- sending messages to all listed friends claiming the account vendor is in trouble and requesting for cash to be wired for their rescue.
• Offering to buy an Internet Domain name- Requesting you to visit their site, where you need to pay to have it esteemed.
• Sending flattering messages to article and bloggers authors- By means of online and in print, an easy way to found a friendship which results in a cash-call attach to a tale of misery.
• Using Microsoft Word documents as attachments- Contains details of the scam story, since they are not in the main body of the email.

To file a complaint about scam

To file a complaint:


If you receive nigerian scam mail, do not respond to the 419 solicitation and report to your own National Law Enforcement Agency and Nation Foreign Office. Then File a complaint with the Nigerian Embassy or High commission in your nation and also file a complaint with the Central Bank of Nigeria via email. If there is any loss, then file a complaint to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

About Scam

Nigerianscam or nigerian frauds is a deceptive scheme to haul out money from victims after making them believe they will get an immense fortune.

The spammers are so strong nowadays that it demands high alert on every one's side in order not to fall in to their trap. Nigerianscam is the fraudulent way to pull out money from victims promising an immense fortune.

origin of scam

An attempt to get the origin of scams.Nigerian money transfer fraud is the other name for Nigerian scam or 419 scam.
They are associated in the public mind with Nigeria due to the increase of such confidence tricks from Nigeria since the mid-eighties, although they are often carried out in other African nations, and increasingly from European cities with large Nigerian populations, notably London and Amsterdam.

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419-nigerian scammers

419 scam include phone numbers in the fraud email, especially in fake lottery scams.The operation of the Nigerianscam is highly unpredictable and often misleading. But usually, the operation would centre on the usual statements and involve the same intricacies.

How To Avoid A Money Order Scam

One goal of nigerian-scam-baiting-techniques is just to waste a 419 scammer's time. If the scam artist is talking to a baiter they are not talking with a possible victim. These way of scam baitings are referred to as "straight baits".Many scam baiters would also claim to have sent the scammers to a Western Union office frequently to collect the allegedly sent money or to get scammers to book hotels for them. Others have had the criminals turn up at hotels, docks and the airports expecting to greet their intended victims.