419 scam: "Dr Abdulrahman Abubakar"<rg2511@outlook.com> SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT

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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: "Dr Abdulrahman Abubakar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdulrabubakar@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 22:58:13 -0500
Subject: SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT

Sir,
SUPPLY OF EQUIPMENT
I'm Dr Abdulrahman Abubakar , director of procurement Ministry of Agriculture, as the result of the dwindling of oil prices globally and to raise the our GDP, the federal government of Nigeria have decided to embark on intensive agricultural production and to do this, we require heavy agricultural equipment of various sizes and capacities.
I'm contacting you and your company to take up this contract of supplying the various equipment. We have already perfected our background checks and the transaction is free of any hitches. The government will be making over 60% of advance payment to enable you source for the equipment.
Should we have your positive consent, we shall be detailing you on the modalities of the transaction in earnest.
Thanks and regards.
Dr. A. Abubakar

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