419 scam: "Abdul K Kabir Dr."<info@abdulkabir.com> SOLICTING FOR ASSISTANCE

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "abdul.kab010ken@gmx.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Abdul K Kabir Dr." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdul.kab010ken@gmx.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 12:30:08 +0800
Subject: SOLICTING FOR ASSISTANCE

Dear Sir,

My Name is Abdul K Kabir Dr.

I was one of the former petroleum Board Member In United Arab Emirates. While I was in the office I did some sales of petroleum oil to western europe Spain, But my government was not awere of this transaction.The total money I got from the sales of the crude oil was , $4,500,000.00. The reason why am contact you is as follows.

1) Because of my position I cannot come out openly as the owner of the funds, As we are not allowed to operate a foreign account.

2) I want you to help me receive and keep this money in your country.
I have agreed to give you 30% for helping me to keep the money.
Regarding your percentage we can write an agreement on this.

Please reply me urgently to my email abdul.kab010ken@gmx.com so that we can proceed.

Yours faithfully

Abdul K Kabir Dr
Al Rasheed Centre
13th Floor, Al Muhairy Centre
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

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