419 scam: Baraki Jabbar <baraki_jabbar@sify.com> waiting for your urgent response so that we will proceed immediately.

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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)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Baraki Jabbar <baraki_jabbar@sify.com>
Reply-To: barakijabbar2@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:10:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: waiting for your urgent response so that we will proceed immediately.

Dear
Friend,

Greeting
to you!!!

I
know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I am
the Director in charge of Auditing in Bank of Africa (B.O.A),

I
Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am
about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your
urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Fifteen Million United State
dollars ($15,000 000MUSD) immediately to your bank account.

The
fund has been dormant (in-active) for years in our Bank here without any body
coming for it. I want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our
deceased customer (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed
next of kin in air crash since on July 31, 2003. I don't want the fund to go
into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I
contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest
person to the deceased customer.

Please
I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are
not interested.

Upon
receipt of your reply, I will send you a draft of application form you will
fill and send to the bank for transfer of the fund into your bank account and
also note that you will have 50% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to
help me execute this business. And 50% is for me.

I
need your in formations so that I will send you a draft of the bank application
form. Which you will use to apply to the bank for the claim of the fund.

YOUR
FULL INFORMATION'S

Your
Name.........

Your
Home Addresses.. ....

Your
Country.. ......

Your
Private Telephone.. ......

Your
Fax No.. ......

Your
Marital Status.. ......

Your
Age.. ......

Your
Occupation... .......

waiting
for your urgent response so that we will proceed immediately.

Best
Regards,

Mr
Baraki Jabbar

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