419 scam: "Abdullah"<abdullah0091@myway.com> CAN YOU HANDLE THIS DEAL FOR ME?

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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:
- "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: "Abdullah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wababdullah@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 13:33:59 -0500
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS DEAL FOR ME?

Hello,

I am contacting you through this medium regarding a matter of urgent and confidential nature; My name is Abdullah originally from Saudi Arabia but living here in London with my family under British asylum and security.

My father was a big time black market oil dealer handling all the off record and black market oil businesses between Saudi Arabia, Qatar, U.A.E, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.

His business met sudden disrupt during the early days of the conflict in Syria, because of the heavy sanctions from most European countries and America.

My father was assassinated by the rebel forces during his business trip from Turkey to Syria. My father made a fixed deposit with a bank and the fixed assets is worth US$15.5 Million.

The fixed deposit is long over-due for claim but i cannot claim this money directly considering my restriction in movement. I have confirmed the fixed deposit status from the bank in Turkey through the special service of a friend that is working with the bank.

Can you assist me in this project to claim this money from the bank as my appointed beneficiary?

You will be duly compensated and there is no risk involved.

Kindly get back to me at your convenient time.

Regards,

Abdullah

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