419 scam: "Mr. Usman Ahmed"<newdelhi@nnaindia.com> Profitable business partnership offer

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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.
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.
- mrusmanahmed91@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Usman Ahmed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrusmanahmed91@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:13:03 -0700
Subject: Profitable business partnership offer

Hello Dear,

Your personality motivated me after going through your profile and I decided to contact you for this business proposal that will benefit both of us in the end. Actually, I am here searching for a person of honor I can trust and use for the claims, this transaction proposal is an inheritance claim which I want you to act as the next of kin to the late Mr.Burhan.

Mr.Burhan, Died of corona-virus disease (COVID-19) on 2nd March 2020, at the age of 71 years and left a deposit of 25 ,Million USD in his account with this firm and since after his death no one has come for the claim of this fund. Recently, the bank board of directors ordered his special account officer who managed his account in this bank, to provide his next of kin for the release of his deposit since he operated a coded account with the bank financial department and has no specific mentioned next of kin in his security file jacket with the bank.

I will share the proceeds on the percentage ration which I know would be pleased by you. Upon a successful transaction which I'm highly optimistic about, you are entitled to 40% while 50% would be for mine and 10% will be set aside for any expenses that we might have incurred in the process. I will furnish you with the information as it will interest you in detail upon your satisfactory reply via my personal Email: (mrusmanahmed91@gmail.com)

Best regards,
Mr. Usman Ahmed
(mrusmanahmed91@gmail.com)

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