419 scam: "Auditor Ahmad Khan"<auditor_ahmadkhan@yahoo.com.hk> [¥i¯à¬O©U§£«H¥ó] Investment bid to your attention;reply fast pls

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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:
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Auditor Ahmad Khan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <auditorahmadkhandgimf@live.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 07:24:58 +0100
Subject: [¥i¯à¬O©U§£«H¥ó] Investment bid to your attention;reply fast pls

YOUR KIND ATTENTION PLEASE!!!.
.
To your noble attention please respond fast.

My names are Ahmad Khan, IMF representative to World Commission on Debts Recovery. I got your contact information from the International public records while searching for reliable and trusted person for an urgent confidential business proposal worth millions of United States Dollars for your own consideration. I will disclose the principal amount to you on your positive response to this mail.

It is globally observed that in the recent past before the global economic mall-down most banks, organization, ministries of some African and European countries could not pay off contractors their executed contract sums, some were their inheritance other were won lotteries. If you reply positively indicating your wish to partner with me in this transaction; I will shortlist your name among those to be paid in the next batch. I will guide you till you are paid. Then we shall agree on how I will get a percentage of it invested in my name there in your country.
Do send to me your full names, contact address, sex, age, profession and kindly suggest to me an area of possible investment of my share of this fund.

Kindly let me know your willingness for details
.
Kind Regards,

Ahmad Khan,
World Commission on Debts Recovery.

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