419 scam: Hello <bsparks@unimax.com> Hello Friend 25/06/2021

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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: Hello <bsparks@unimax.com>
Reply-To: <hashbintreem@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:37:34 -0700
Subject: Hello Friend 25/06/2021

My name is Reem Hashimy, the Emirates Minister of State and the Managing Director of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) World Expo 2020 Committee which has been postponed to start from October 2021 to March 2022 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

I am writing to you to manage the funds I received as financial gratification from various foreign companies I assisted to participate in the coming event. This is because I can not personally manage the fund in my country because of the sensitive nature of my office and other restrictions around me.

For this reason, I have an agreement with a consultant to keep the funds in an account with a foreign bank where it will be possible to instruct the transfer of ownership right to a third party for investment purpose; which is the reason I am contacting you to receive and manage the funds as my investment partner.

On your indication of interest; I will instruct the consultant to process the fund to your country for investment purposes.

Regards.

Reem Hashimy.

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