419 scam: Medina Mohad Bashir<mediinaahmadi@government.com> AFGHANISTAN HELP

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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 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.
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.
- mediinaahmadi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Medina Mohad Bashir<mediinaahmadi@government.com>
Reply-To: mediinaahmadi@yahoo.com
Date: 26 Aug 2021 01:44:26 +0200
Subject: AFGHANISTAN HELP

Hello Dear,

I hope this desperate call for help gets to you in good health. I’m an Afghanistan helpless lady seeking your assistance. My husband and our son were killed by the Taliban rebels a few days ago and they have forced me and my daughter from our home. My husband worked with the former president who has now gone on exile due to the withdrawal of the international military protection we were enjoying before the US president withdrew them last month.

Please, I need your help to secure the only hope of survival that I and my daughter have. I’ve paid some contacts to take me and my daughter to Tajikistan or Uzbekistan, whichever is secure to travel to right now but I can’t embark on this journey with the two boxes which my husband buried underneath a farm not far from our house. These boxes contain valuables, gold and US dollars up to the sum of 4 million Dollars. I’m handing over these boxes to the Red Cross team going to the United Kingdom and I’ve informed my contact inside the Red Cross that someone will be contacting him to claim the boxes. The Red Cross person doesn’t know the content of these boxes as I told him it’s our family historical books and photos and some materials that means a lot to my family.

Upon your response and acceptance to help me receive these boxes, I will forward you the contact details of the Red Cross agent so that you can contact him immediately,

I don’t have regular access to the internet to avoid being tracked but I will try my best to check my email as soon as I can expecting to hear from you so that I can send you the details of the person to contact at the Red Cross for the claim

Thanks in advance for your understanding and much needed help.

Regards

Medina Mohad Bashir
mediinaahmadi@yahoo.com

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