419 scam: "Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi."<officialnotificationunderfund@gmail.com> NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

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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:
- "million 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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.anthonywatson002@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 19:33:49 +0530
Subject: NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

Mr. Anthony Watson,
General Manager/Branch Manager,
China Citic Bank,
Address: 748 Dong Feng, Dong Lu 510080 Guangzhou China.

Hello Sir/Madam,

My name is Mr. Anthony Watson, I got your contact details in my search for a reputable person that will be able to accept my proposal.

The content of my email is a bit detailed that is the reason I first seek your permission to let you know as I let you know more about my proposal below, so you will not trash it when I send this email to you.

Please do I have your permission to tell you about my proposal? I am very sure you will benefit immensely from this because you will get 30% of the total sum only if you will agree to work this out with me and you will be able to follow my directives.

MY PROPOSAL: One of our old clients who died in a plane crash in 2006 with his family on board, deposited the sum of Ten Million United States dollars here in our bank but for over nine years now, nobody came for the fund meaning nobody in his family knows about this fund. If after this year, nobody claims the fund, the fund will be returned back to treasury as an unclaimed deposit and the fund automatically becomes bank's fund, so I want you to come in now as the next of kin and I have all the necessary documents to cover you as the next of kin, all I need from you is to work this out with me and within seven working days, this fund will be in your account.

Send to me the bellow details if accepted to work with me.

(1)Your full name for document:

(2)Your direct residential Address:

(3)Your direct telephone number for faster communication:

(4)Occupation:

(5)Age:

Waiting for your response to my email.

Best Regards,

Mr. Anthony Watson
General Manager/Branch Manager,
China Citic Bank.

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