419 scam: "Ahmadi Rahman"<Ahmadi@live.com> Re

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmadi Rahman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <AhmadiRahman1@qq.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 05:58:30 +0300
Subject: Re

My Name is Ahmadi Rahman, from the Cairo Egypt, l am the son of Late Hossein Rahman, who was a Top Government Official of Egyptian.

Due to his position, he was able to secure some reasonable amount of money US$26.600, 000.00. which he d e p o s i t e d in a private s e c u r i t y company outside our country.I will therefore like you to help me in very possible way in securing this m o n e y in your country. You will also assist me in finding a good b u s i n e s s I will invest on. In view of your participation, I have made up my mind to give you 30% of the total m o n e y above. Get back to me for more details if you can help.

Best Regards,

Ahmadi Rahman.

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