419 scam: Usman Abudul <usmanabudul10@gmail.com> Waiting your urgent reply

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Usman Abudul <usmanabudul10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usmanabudul0@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:57:20 +0000
Subject: Waiting your urgent reply

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Usman Abudul, am currently holding the post of regional
foreign bank manager here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa. I have
a transaction worth of us$15,000,000.00 for transferring into your care for
our mutual benefits,

The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was believed to
acquire the fund through his secret crude oil deal with the former Iraq
government and also dealing with golds company and cotton company in
Burkina Faso.

The amount involved is us$15,000,000.00 and i want to transfer this money
into your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. I know that this
letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before,
but be sure that it is real and a genuine business.
I contact you believing that you will not let me down once the fifteen
million dollars gets into your account.
.
Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i
receive your return mail.

I am waiting to hear from you very urgently
Mr Usman Abudul,

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