419 scam: rahman aziz <rahmanaziz2009@gmail.com> SEEKING FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "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 next of kin scam.
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.
- aziz601rahman@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: rahman aziz <rahmanaziz2009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aziz601rahman@yahoo.com.my
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:03:29 +0100
Subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Rahman Aziz and I work with a Commercial Bank here in Malaysia . We had
a customer and business mogul by name Badri Patarkatsishvili from Georgia,
who had a deposit of Twelve Million, Four Hundred Thousand US Dollars
($12,400,000.00) before he died of Heart attack and since he died, we in the
Bank here have been expecting his/her next of kin/relative(s) for the
inheritance of the deposit, but none has surfaced and the account has been
tagged for dormancy.

The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for such
inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by the record
of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up Soon for the
next of kin to show up or the account will be closed and i came to have the
knowledge of this account as the auditor in the bank. I happen to be his
account officer in the bank and i know every detail concerning his account
records.
In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind
understanding and sincere co-operation to claim this inheritance for our
mutual benefit in view of the fact that you are a Foreigner. If you can
stand as the next of kin in this project, success is assured because I am in
possession of the personal file jacket of the deceased which contains every
needed information about the deceased account, you and I stand no risk of
any kind because I have enough information to support you in claiming the
inheritance.

The proceedings of the transaction will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you
after expenses are reimbursed. Kindly indicate your willingness and we shall
proceed with the initial step for the claim.

The entire project is expected to last for about ten working days. Hope to
hear from you soonest showing your interest and willingness. kindly contact
me true my private email address(*aziz601rahman@yahoo.com.my* )

Yours Faithfully,
Rahman Aziz.

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