419 scam: alqad dafia <ikechukwubaba00@gmail.com> Dear Friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- honabdulsallam@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: alqad dafia <ikechukwubaba00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alqaddafia244@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:04:29 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,

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Dear Friend,

My name's are Hon.Barrister Abdul Sallam , I'm sending this brief letter to
solicit your support. i hard a Clint who is an Indian his name is Mr.Dasya
Kahaan, he was a gold dealer here

in Burkina Faso, he died six years ago in his country India when he went
for kindly operation in India.

He deposited the sum of 9.5 million US dollars in one of the legend bank
here in Burkina Faso. I have tried all i can to get in

touch with any of his friends or family members but no way.

So i want you to apply to the bank as his Business partner so that the bank
can release Mr.Dasya Kahaan fund into your bank account. I will give you
the guidelines on how to contact the bank and we have to do this with trust
Because i don't want the bank to transfer the fund into Government treasure
account as an unclaimed fund, so i need your response. Here is my Email
contact: honabdulsallam@gmail.com

Warm Regards,
Hon.Barrister Abdul Sallam

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