419 scam: "Qatar Petroleum" <finance_dept@qp.com.qa> Let Me Know If You Can Handle This.

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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.
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.
- muhadahiru@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- and account department qatar petroleum. private email: muhadahiru@gmail.com muhadahiru@yahoo.com (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Qatar Petroleum" <finance_dept@qp.com.qa>
Reply-To: muhadahiru@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 05:50:05 -0300
Subject: Let Me Know If You Can Handle This.

Hello Dear,

I am Mohammed Dahiru. Head of Operations at Finance and Account
Department of Qatar Petroleum.
I have an Investment opportunity $103M, for Investment. I need your
assistance and co-operation to move it into a safe account as a Contract
Payment with the Qatar Petroleum for onward investment in your country.
This is risk free.

Tell me if you can handle this before we proceed with the documents, and
if you can not handle this, don't let this to be known by any other
person, let it be between the two of us.

Reply me as quickly as possible through my below private email and make
it confidential. Please kindly treat as urgent.

Kind regards,

Mallam Mohammed Dahiru
P.O. Box 3212, Doha, Qatar
Finance and Account Department Qatar Petroleum.
Private Email: muhadahiru@gmail.com
muhadahiru@yahoo.com

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