419 scam: Omar Zaki <omarzaki@suposti.net> DEAR FRIEND CAN I TRUST YOU

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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.
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.
- mohamedz961@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Omar Zaki <omarzaki@suposti.net>
Reply-To: mohamedz961@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:04:46 +0000
Subject: DEAR FRIEND CAN I TRUST YOU

MR Zaki Mohamed
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO,
WEST AFRICA.
Tel:+226 79218199
Email;(mohamedz961@gmail.com)

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 Twenty Two Million and Five Hundred Thousand united state
dollars ($22.500 000mUSD) Immediately to your account.

The fund has been dormant (in-active) for 11 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
December 26, 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 the 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 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me
execute this business.And also 10% had been mapped out for you for the
expense you will make in this transaction and 50% is for me. I need
your informations so that Iwill send you the application form.

YOUR FULL INFORMATIONS

Your Name.........
Your Home Addresses.. ....
City.. ......
Country.. ......
Home Telephone.. .....
Private Telephone.. ......
Fax No.. ......
Marital Status.. ......
Sex...............
Age.. ......
Occupation.. .......
Religion.. .........

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

Best Regards,
MR Zaki Mohamed,
Email;(mohamedz961@gmail.com)

+226 79218199

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