419 scam: "ABU BAKAR BIN SAUD"<abubakarbinsaud@gmail.com> PLEASE READ !

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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: "ABU BAKAR BIN SAUD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abubakarbinsaud3@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:25:02 +0800
Subject: PLEASE READ !

Hello,

I am Mr Abu Bakar Bin Saud from Malaysia.

Some years back,I invested some amount of money in properties in
Ontario,Canada and I have a second thought about the environment
and presently i have just resold them which is due for payment.

I wanted the Due-funds transferred to my account by Swift, but the
issuing company/Investor said that they cannot transfer more than
Five Thousand Dollars to any bank account outside North
America/south America within one month (30days).And as we know is
very difficult for a company to make payment in cash is either by
check or by draft.

Meanwhile,I have tried to open an account with Bank-One in Texas
and Washington Mutual in California in United States but I need to
be physically presence to sign the mandate.I must confess that this
is not possible now because I am medically down to make such a long
distance trip.

So i was told to provide a contact in Canada,or United States of America
to receive the funds on my behalf.I am in need of your assistance on this
matter,
if you could help receive the funds and forward to me.

Sincerely,you are not going to face any risk in rendering assistance.AND
PLEASE
TAKE NOTE THAN YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY ON THIS AND I WILL OFFER YOU
12% OF
THE MONEY YOU RECEIVE.

Once i received your response,I will send you the contact details
of the investor in Canada so that you can open talk with
him.Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours Truely,
Mr.Bakar Saud

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