419 scam: "MUKHTAR M HUSSAIN"<info@gmail.lcom> BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (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.
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.
- mukhtarhussain00@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MUKHTAR M HUSSAIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mukhtarhussain00@yahoo.it>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:28:17 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

FROM: MUKHTAR M HUSSAIN

EMAIL: mukhtarhussain00@yahoo.it

ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR

REFERENCE: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Dear Sir,

My name is Mukhtar Hussain, I am one of the Board of Director of the NBAD Private Bank (Suisse) SA in Geneva Branch Switzerland. I am soliciting for your assistance to secure my contract payment for me and I am ready to give you 20% and 80% for me. I realize this money from Contract that is awarded for me with a ghost company name in our Bank and it is against the banking policy to award a contract to a serving Director like me and the contract have been executed and supplied by me to Switzerland and due to this bank policy, the bank cannot pay this contract money into my personal account and it has been approved for immediate payment once we supply/tender the invoice of USD8,370,000.00 on your name and bank account.

There are two (2) options to conclude this transaction and these are:

(a). If you can come to our Office in Geneva Switzerland in person to sign the release of

the Fund at the our Bank in UAE and you can open an account with us or in any private bank in UAE where you can transfer the Fund and you can make wire transfer to your account in your country install mentally.

(b) You can provide your Bank Account in your Country and we tender invoice of claim

With our Bank into your account and wire transfer can now be make from our bank into your account in your Country.

But before we commence on the above, there is going to be an original signed agreement

Between both of us and I will send you copies for study while I send the original copy

by courier for you to sign and return back to me and after receiving, we proceed to execute the transaction.

This transaction is 100% risk free and you can contact me at my private/direct number: +971 4 6977400 Email: mukhtarhussain00@yahoo.it. for any question you might wish to ask and I will await your reply, Kindly keep the above confidential as I don’t want my reputation dented even if you are not interested, I will gives you more details when I hear from you.

Best Regards

MUKHTAR M HUSSAIN

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