419 scam: "Hello My Dearest.!!!"<ahmadsabi33@yahoo.com> TREAT AS URGENT...!!!c

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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:
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hello My Dearest.!!!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sabina.ahmads@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:17:23 +0530
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT...!!!c

My Dear,

It may surprise you receiving this mail from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. My name is Barrister Sabina Ahmad from Malaysia; I have a client that died in 2006.
My client left behind a large sum of money to the tune of Ten Million Six Hundred thousand United State Dollars.
Being his attorney, his bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the bank treasury. So far, all the effort to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive. Hence I have contacted you, to help me distributing of the funding in your account.
I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/ beneficiary of my late client fund, so that proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the fund on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 50% to me, 40% to your kind self and 10% for any expenses that may come up. All the legal documents to back up your claims shall be provided upon request.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this opportunity. If this business proposition offends you, do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me.

Kindest Regards.

Barrister Sabina Ahmad

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