419 scam: Abdul Hamza <ah4711849@gmail.com> PRIVATE & VERY CONFIDENTAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- abdul.hamza03@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Abdul Hamza <ah4711849@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdul.hamza03@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:44:00 +0000
Subject: PRIVATE & VERY CONFIDENTAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Good day,

My name is Mr. Abdul Hamza, i am a staff in a branch of Bank Of Africa
here in Ouagadougou - Burkina Faso, and i got your contact through an
International Business Research Directory.

There is Inheritance fund sum US$22,300,000 (TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) to be claim for investments in
your country respond with your private telephone number for easy
communication.

I also want to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free. On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will take 45% of the total
sum as your own share, while 5% will be set aside take care of any
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer, and the remaining
50% will be for me.

Reply to my private email: abdul.hamza03@gmail.com

Thanks & kind regards,

Mr. Abdul Hamza

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