419 scam: "Dubai International Financial Center" <omarsuman@gmail.com> Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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)
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.
- omarbinsuman@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dubai International Financial Center" <omarsuman@gmail.com>
Reply-To: omarbinsuman@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:39:19 -0700
Subject: Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC)

[image: Dubai International Financial Centre
(DIFC)]<http://www.difc.ae/index.html>
19/08/2008

From: Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai International Financial Center

ATTN:

I wish to invite you to participate as broker/agent to DIFC
individualized equity
investment portfolio management programme.

Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) is the largest Finance Centre in
the Middle East. With over £5 trillion private and corporate investment
portfolios. We are privately looking for fiduciary agents and management
experts who will be willing to act as investment portfolio holders and
administrators. We currently have a back-log of an Excess Maximum Return
Capital Profit (EMRCP) of an average of 1.2% on each private investment and
corporate portfolio under our administration and control.

And we wish to re-invest this fund by putting it into the management of
private businessmen and corporations with good business ideas that can
generate at least 10% ROI per annum over maximum of 5 years duration. The
fund will be disbursed based on a clear loan of 4.5% interest rate per annum
for 5 years renewable tenure of a sum totaling $500,000,000.00 American
Dollars.

All sign-up contracts, briefings and investment portfolio management files
will be handled in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

For further details please contact me directly for more information.

Regards,

From: Dr. Omar Bin Sulaiman
Chairman/Director (DIFC)
Dubai International Financial Center.
Direct Mobile : 00971501516228
Private E-mail: omarbinsuman@yahoo.com
Website: www.difc.ae
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<http://www.difc.ae/lifestyle/index.html>

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