419 scam: "Eng. Al-fares Hafiz Raheem," <ecowassource20@gmail.com> INVESTMENT / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP 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.
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.
- esquireenquiry1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eng. Al-fares Hafiz Raheem," <ecowassource20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ienquiry@mail.ru
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:49:04 -0800
Subject: INVESTMENT / BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL.

Attention:Dear,

INVESTMENT/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL.

My name is Prince Fayad S. Bolkiah, a petroleum engineer,formally
based in Damascus,Syria. At the moment, I am currently based in the
United Kingdom, with my entire family, due largely to the unending
unrest in my country, Syria. I write in the instance of an urgent need
for an astute and trustworthy businessperson, to assist/partner in the
area of prospecting of foreign investment avenues and management. The
core subject here is to ultimately arrive at avenues with minimal risk
involvement with such funds, but steadily profitable.

Tell me more about your country how good it will be to invest in your
country Cities, Such as buying of properties houses, Building real
estate oil/Gas,stock speculation and, transportation, health sector
and tobacco, Communication Services, Agriculture Forestry & Fishing,
and some tourist places.

Peradventure you are interested in this business proposal, do well to
furnish me with the following information to enable us make immediate
progress;

Full Name:---------------
Contact Address:---------
Telephone Number:--------
Fax Number:--------------
Email Address:-----------
Occupation:--------------
Sex:---------------------
Age:---------------------
Marital Status:----------
Nationality:-------------

I look forward to an immediate commencement of the process, as soon as
a positive response is received from you.

Regards,
Prince Fayad S. Bolkiah.
ou can visit the website below for a better understanding of the
situation. Please reply to this email ID: (esquireenquiry1@yahoo.com)

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