419 scam: Abdou <abdoukadif1@gmail.com> Greetings.

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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 us 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)
- "million 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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Abdou <abdoukadif1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Abdou <abdoukadif2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 20:37:14 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings.

Hello,

I am Abdoulahi kadif, from Burkina Faso in West African region. I work with the Bank of Africa here in the nation. I am writing you from my office that which will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department, being the account manager I discovered an abandoned sum of $18 million USA Dollars (Eighteen Million Us Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of the bank late foreign customers, a German Citizen who unfortunately lost his life in an Auto crash.

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the senility of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for many years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at 18 Million Dollars can be done and paid to you for both of us.

This will be disbursed or shared between both of us in these percentages, 55% to me and 40% to you while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring these funds to your account. I have secured necessary information's and the certificate of deposit that can be used to back up this claim.

All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and trust to enable us sees this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you so that you will find this proposal interesting. Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest, I will furnish you with more details.

Do contact me immediately and endeavour to let me know your decision rather than to keep me waiting or exposing me.

Regards,

Dr. Abdoulahi kadif.

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