419 scam: =?UTF-8?B?Ik5hemlhIFJhYmFoIg==?= <naziharabaha@terra.com.pe> (no subject)

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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 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.
- naziha_rabah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?Ik5hemlhIFJhYmFoIg==?= <naziharabaha@terra.com.pe>
Date:
Subject:

Dear friend,

I know this message may c= ome to you as a surprise.

However, it&= nbsp;is my urgent need for a foreign par= tner that made me to contact you through= this medium. My name is Mr,Nazia Rabah&= nbsp;, I am the manager of auditing sect= ion in one of the prime bank here i= n Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa. I&nb= sp;have a business proposal in the tune = of (USD $21,000.000.00) Twenty one million US= Dollars only. This is an abandoned fund= that belongs to a deceased customer of&= nbsp;my bank that made fix deposit for (= 7 calendar years and upon maturity we se= nt a routine notification to his forwarding&n= bsp;address but got no reply. After some = ;months, we sent reminder and finally we = ;discovered that he passed away after brief&n= bsp;illness in his country. We tried everythi= ng humanly possible to locate his relatives&n= bsp;but all efforts failed. The deposit is&nb= sp;still intact with our bank and the in= terest is being paid into the principal = sum at the end of each year.
I = discovered all the related documents of the&n= bsp;deposit while I was arranging old files&n= bsp;for annual remark but I kept it secr= et not until now because the bank agree&= nbsp;recently to confiscate the fund if no&nb= sp;body contact the bank as the next of&= nbsp;kin for the claim hence my secret c= ontact with you. To be honest with you,&= nbsp;the transaction is totally genuine and 1= 00% risk-free but the secret must remain = ;between me and you. I have been working= with this bank for years and I kno= w all their secret and systems of operat= ion, and I have carefully mapped-out my = perfect strategies to carry out the transacti= on successfully. We shall share in ratio = ;of 40% for you and 60% for me, sho= uld you be interested Kindly send your r= esponse to (naziha_rabah@yahoo.com)

Please keep= this proposal as a top secret between&n= bsp;both of us, and delete it immediately&nbs= p;in your email box if you are not = interested.
Thanks and regards
Mr,Nazia Rabah&nb= sp;,

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