419 scam: "Ms. Maha Al-Ghunaim,"<hometaro@oct-net.ne.jp> FROM FIRST GULF BANK DIRECTOR, UAE,

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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 state 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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- mahaalghunaim985@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Maha Al-Ghunaim," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mahaalghunaim@bk.ru>
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 20:56:53 +0200
Subject: FROM FIRST GULF BANK DIRECTOR, UAE,

Greetings to you,

How are you doing today? I believe you are doing great together with your family? If so thanks be to God and Almighty Allah!
I am Ms. Maha Al-Ghunaim. I work with the First Gulf Bank, Dubai United Arab Emirates, (UAE). There is an opportunity I would love to discuss with you. Kindly write back if you are interested so I would go straight to the point and tell you more about it in details.

I want to apologize for my sudden and emergency mail to you! Please I am very sorry sending you mail instead of posting this letter to your address, please I want you to understand that I did it this way because of the urgency involved on this transaction. Please bear with me. Also I want you to take this very serious and top secret. Please call me after going through this . I will give you more details after hearing from you. It’s all about moving fund to your country for investment and you will be highly compensated for this.

The amount involved is $20 Million United State Dollars. I await your response via this email or phone number (mahaalghunaim985@gmail.com
Phone: (580) 297-2959). Please return to my email or phone number if you wish to know more about your position and my sharing ratio.

Please note that you must promise to be honest in handling your part for me in this transaction project.

I looks forward to hear from you soon.

Thank you.

Regard.,

Yours faithfully,
Ms. Maha Al-Ghunaim,
Finance Director,
First Gulf Bank,
Dubai,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ????.

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