419 scam: "Ibrahim Khalid Jr."<admin@uoqasim.edu.iq> ***SPAM*** As-Salaam-Alaikum Wa-Alaikum-Salaam

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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <kibrahimjr@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:41:56 +0200
Subject: ***SPAM*** As-Salaam-Alaikum Wa-Alaikum-Salaam

As-Salaam-Alaikum Wa-Alaikum-Salaam

Do you know my Family? Are you related to my family? Have you ever worked with my dad previews years; I have some relevant documents on his briefcase to show you, I am Ibrahim Khalid Jr., 15, from Saudi Arabia. My late Parents died last year, before the death I found a deposit of my late father’s money with a French bank ($47.2 Million) he said that is only his foreign partner (trusted friend) we have asses on it. Are you my father’s foreign partner? I have the online username and password maybe you can see it. He said i should trust you. I tried to get this money out from the bank, but the management refused because of my age, i do not know what to do with $47.2 Million. can you help me? i pray for your trust & I need your details to enable me give you the full info.
Ibrahim Khalid Jr.

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