419 scam: Abdul Aziz Babakarkhail <asogroup44@gmail.com> REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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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.
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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Abdul Aziz Babakarkhail <asogroup44@gmail.com>
Reply-To: azizabdul59568@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 23:15:52 -0700
Subject: REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Hello!! Good morning Sir
My name is Abdul Aziz Babakarkhail. I am the immediate past Chief Executive
Officer of Bank-e-Millie Afghanistan, with office at Kabul Central
District. As you may have seen, Kabul today is in total chaos due to the
takeover of government by the Taliban. As expected, this development has
caused great distress to the financial institutions and systems. As at
today, Capital and Liquidated Assets transactions, Deposits, Fund
remittances, Credit instrument collections, Guarantees and other
consultancy services that we render to our customers globally have come to
a sudden stop.

Because I knew in advance that this day will come, I did transfer a total
of 137,836,19200.00 Afghan Afghani or $160,000,000.00 ( one hundred and
sixty million dollars equivalent ) from a dormant account in our Kabul
office to my private USD account in United Arab Emirate (UAE). Just last
night, I became aware that the new Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
government (Taliban) have close ties with Dubai (UAE) which means that I
have to immediately move this money as quickly as possible and close down
my private account permanently without further delay. This way, there will
never be any trace of the transfers.
I will therefore like you to provide me with just enough information about
yourself and also your account details that will be used in securing the
transfer approval to wire this amount to your account as payment for goods
supplied. Once the transfer is successful and complete, you will be
entitled to an agreed percentage of the amount as commission for your help.
You may also seek out Investment Portfolios like Stocks, Bonds, Mutual
Funds and other opportunities in your city to enable us to do more
businesses with time.

I have sent this cooperation request individually to you and with utmost
concern for your privacy and mine. I earnestly pray that Allah will grant
you the wisdom to deal diligently with me and not betray the confidence.
I will be waiting for your urgent reply.

Abdul A.
Kabul, Afghanistan.

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