419 scam: "Abdulrahman Ibrahim"<njprc901@gmail.com> FYI ! ! !

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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:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Abdulrahman Ibrahim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdul011@blumail.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 07:28:23 +0100
Subject: FYI ! ! !

Attn:

This letter might come to you as a surprise but it is coming with the best of intentions and will be of mutual benefit to all the parties involved. I am Abdulrahman Ibrahim the son to one of the secretary to the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. I am writing to solicit your assistance to secure funds The fund in question is a total of $45,000,000 (Forty Five Million United States Dollars) in $100 bills and stashed in Two crates and was shipped out of Egypt through a diplomatic means by a Cargo company and they are not aware of the real content of the crates for security reasons.

I am looking For your assistance in getting the crates out from the Cargo company and securing the funds, since this is the only cash i can lay my hand,since the government began frozen of assets of every one that worked under President Hosni Mubarak along with his wife,eldest son, younger son, and both of the sons' wives. However we are willing to give you 20% of the total fund.

NOTE: There is no risk involved in this project because everything has been worked out perfectly. Therefore contact me for further directives. Please you should keep this transaction a top secret because of the tension on ground and we are prepared to do more business with you pending your approach towards this project.

I await your urgent response.

Abdulrahman Ibrahim.

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