419 scam: "Alabdulrahman,"<afaissalm@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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alabdulrahman," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <afaissalm8@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 11:31:18 -0700
Subject: Greetings

Hello,

I am sorry for interfering into your privacy.

I am Alabdulrahman from Saudi Arabia. I’m one of the closest friend's of late Khashoggi, the journalist who was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Right now I’m being hunted by the crown prince because of my closeness and relationship with late Khashoggi. All my investments here in Saudi Arabia has been seized, my bank accounts frozen for no reason. I need a honest person who can be trusted to go to the Bank in Europe (NAME WITHHOLD) and claim / move the money I deposited to a safe account for investment before the crown prince will have a trace of that account of mine in the Bank. All I need is to give you a secret code number with authorization letter to meet my contact person in the bank to release the said deposited money to you as the beneficiary.

I am ready to give you 20% of the total money for assisting me achieve this and providing the account where the money will be lodged into. More-so, I wish to invest the money in any viable project or existing business entity with your assistance.

Please I beg you in the name of GOD, help me. As soon as I have your response, I shall introduce you to my contact person in the bank in Europe who will guide you and assist you to move the said amount to a safe location of your choice.

Expecting your response urgently.

Regards
Alabdulrahman,

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