419 scam: Najima Toyota Al Bashir <najitoyota@gmail.com> perusal

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "god-fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- albashirn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Najima Toyota Al Bashir <najitoyota@gmail.com>
Reply-To: albashirn@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:59:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: perusal

Hello,

Please permit me to introduce an important proposal to you. I presume you
to be someone with high integrity and honesty. I have no reason to fear
anything, because i have seen it all.

The financial institution where my late husband deposited the sum of
$20,000,000 just contacted me as the next of kin. My husband was an Iraqi
and we lived in Bahgdad, Iraq. But i am Japanese and i can share pictures
with you if you do not mind. Our home was affected when two bombs exploded
in the next building to us. We had huge investments in Iraq that have been
distroyed due to the War.

I need your consent to become the beneficiary of this sum, whereby i will
offer you 30% of the total sum and after the transaction i shall fly to
meet you.

You will have control of the fund, because the financial institution
indicated that i must present a co-beneficiary to this sum as a measure of
confirming that the fund will not be used for any other purposes than
business and investment.

Believe me, i will not betray you as i am a God-fearing person. All i need
is your honesty and co-operation.Please contact me on my private e-mail address:
albashirn@yahoo.com

I await your response for you to have more information on this proposal.

Thanks.

Najima Toyota Al Bashir

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