419 scam: Abdul Rahman Bin <abdulazubiir02@gmail.com> Attention

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
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.
- abdulbrahman0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- to help, do reply me via my personal email address. abdulbrahman0@gmail.com , so that we can discuss further (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Abdul Rahman Bin <abdulazubiir02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulbrahman0@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2015 21:00:32 -0700
Subject: Attention

Attention,

Compliments of the season to you. I will try to be brief and laconic. My
late client who shares the same last name with you, died leaving behind a
large sum of money to the tune of Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars.

I contacted you because you have the same family name as my late client.
With your help we can claim the above mentioned financial estate else the
holding bank will confiscate the fund due to the fact that up till now, I
cannot get a hold of anyone related to the deceased. But in the interim, if
interested please kindly get back to me so I can give you more details
about this issue and steps we have to take to actualize this matter.

Should my proposal offend you or contradict your moral ethics, I apologize.
But should you be interested and wish to help, do reply me via my personal
email address. abdulbrahman0@gmail.com <abdulrahbin0@gmail.com>, so that we
can discuss further regarding this issue, I will be waiting for your swift
response. Thank you.

Yours Faithfully,
Abdul Rahman Bin

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