419 scam: Mr Ahmed Adams <mrahmed.adams8@gmail.com> FROM,THE DESK OF Mr Ahmed Adams,

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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:

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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Ahmed Adams <mrahmed.adams8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmed-adams7@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:27:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FROM,THE DESK OF Mr Ahmed Adams,

Dear
Friend,

I am Mr Ahmed Adams, the Director incharge of Auditing and
accounting department Bank of Africa. Am contacting you for an urgent beneficial
transaction, I have the opportunity of transferring Fifteen Million United
States Dollars( $15m) from an account that belong to one of our late customer
from the Lebanoon who died long ago in Plan crash.I want to inquire from you if
you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and
me.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, the
bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his
relatives abroad. THEREFORE, by virtue of its nature as being utterly
CONFIDENTIAL, top secret should be maintained please!,because i am still in the
active service i do not need any form of implication especially now i am in the
verge of my retirement to endanger my carear at last!.Since we got the
information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over
and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it
as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines and laws.

In that regard, i decided to seek your consent for
this prospective opportunity. Have it at the back of your mind, that the
transaction does not involve any RISK, and does not need much engagement from
you, since i am familiar with this kind of transaction being an
insider.Necessary modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund
claim under a legitimate arrangement. I have resolved to offer you 40% of the
total fund if only you will understand and follow up my instruction because it
will only required a foriegn Account to transfer the fund, 10% for any expenses
that may be incurred during the process of executing this transaction and 50%
percent for me.

I will give you more details about the transaction when I
receive your affirmative response, I am waiting to hear from you
URGENTLY.

Thanks
Yours sincerely,
Ahmed
Adams

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