419 scam: Adham Reffat <adham375@msn.com> Hello My Friend,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Adham Reffat <adham375@msn.com>
Reply-To: <adham.reffat@voila.fr>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 22:11:01 +0000
Subject: Hello My Friend,

Hello My Friend,

I am Adham Reffat, Director Auditing and Accounting in Bank of Africa
Burkina Faso. I need your assistance in executing a business project
from our bank worth US$10.5 Million. These funds was deposited with our .
Private business man and unfortunately lost his life in the plane Crash
of Union Transport Africans Flight Boeing 727 in LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
on 25th December, 2003

If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the

transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail and I need below in formations about you such as,

1, your full name…………,

2, your home address ………,

3, your private Telephone number…,

4, your occupation………,

5, Your Age………………,

6, your country…………,

Best Regards,

Abdul Omar

+22676162223,

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