419 scam: "Mr Muhammad Rahman"<katelee@konin.lm.pl> Dear Friend.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Muhammad Rahman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rahmanmuhammad1961@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:32:23 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend.

Dear friend,

My name is Mr Muhammad Rahman,Director Sunrise Global Securities. Actually, I got your contact information through the public records while searching for a last name similar to one of our late customer an expatriate engineer who was on contract with with Nigerian National Petroleum corporation NNPC here in Nigeria for eight years.He died of ghastly motor accident on his way to Abuja in 2014.

Before his death, he deposited One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure, containing the sum of USD$8.700,000.00 (EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.DOLLARS ONLY) with a security company here in Nigeria which am the director of the company,but he did not disclosed the actual content of deposited diplomatic consignment to our company but personally and secretly he disclosed the content to me for self keeping.

After his death We made all effort to locate any of his family heir/inheritor for claims but all our effort proves abortive.Now am going on retirement within the next three months and I would not like to leave the consignment with the security company while finally retired.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that hence you have the same family/similar last name with our late customer I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to the diseased so that the diplomatic consignment will be released to you for us all.This will be 100% risk free business.I will make sure that all the needful legal documents is changed to your name as the family inheritor.

My arrangement,is to deliver the deposited consignment to you through diplomatic means to your country and you will receive it from the diplomat for both of us. For your participation we shall share in the ratio 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit.

Please be kind to get back to me for more details.

Best Regards,

Mr Muhammad Rahman

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