419 scam: "Ahmed Umar."<aa@upcmail.nl> HELLO FRIEND, THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!

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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.
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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- ahmed.umar1955@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahmed Umar." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmed.umar1955@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2018 16:54:39 -0700
Subject: HELLO FRIEND, THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!

HELLO GOOD FRIEND,

I have a business proposal which I would like to discuss with you confidentially.

I assisted a certain (Libyan) General by name (Mohammed Hadiya Al-Feitouri) to secure certain amount of his funds in Spain, the general who was later involved in the Libyan Crisis which claimed his life along the line.

I assisted him deposited funds on a Chinese name and the amount is a total of US$75,000,000.00 (Seventy-Five Million United States Dollars).The bank manager where the funds was kept is aware of the deal and has agreed with me for us to nominate you as the beneficiary of the funds since no one will ever come for the money because no next of kin was written in any document with the bank and the vault is a private vault.

If you accept to receive the funds as the beneficiary you will be given US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) and the bank manager and I will share the remaining.

This transfer is 100% risk free having done all the underground works locally for the smooth transfer of the fund into your bank account within the shortest period as the bank manager of the bank holding the fund is directly involved. I advised that you should keep this transaction a top secret and rest all correspondence to e-mail or phone only for confidential reason.

Bear in mind that I am not in Spain but I have been communicating with the bank manager. For us to start the process and remittance of the fund into your bank account successfully within 10 banking days, I need the following information from you by e-mail: ( ahmed.umar1955@gmail.com ). More details will be giving to you as soon as I receive your information.

INDIVIDUAL NAME....................

OCCUPATION.........................

COMPANY NAME.......................

MOBILE NUMBER......................

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS................

COMPANY ADDRESS....................

PERSONAL EMAIL.....................

YOUR ID OR DRIVER'S LICENSE............

I will hope for your co-operation.

Yours Sincerely,

Ahmed Umar.

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