419 scam: "MR. HAYTHAM HAMDY SAYED AHMED."<admin@gabisystem.com> HELLO 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "sayedhaytham@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. HAYTHAM HAMDY SAYED AHMED." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <haythamsayed@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:17:12 +0200
Subject: HELLO FRIEND

Dear sir/Madam,

How are you today?. My names are MR. HAYTHAM HAMDY SAYED AHMED SAYED AHMED from Arab Republic of Egypt. I am a backer who has spent almost all his life in UAE (united

Arab Emirates) working and presently working with Arab African International Bank. I was the account officer of the late ALAHJI UMARU MUSA YA’ADUA, the forma

president of Nigeria.

Shortly before he fell sick that took his life (may his soul rest in perfect peace , Amen) he ask me to transfer a very huge amount of money , $20m (twenty million USA

dollars) to a commercial bank in Malaysia (Chase Bank) for a twenty five story’s building he wanted buy in SARAWAK MALAYSIA without, a beneficiary because of the

nature of his country and the fear from being probe by EFCC (economic and financial crime commission).

Since after his death on the 5th of may 2010, no one has come for the claim of the money due to the fact that there was no beneficiary to the fund. Now the Bank (Chase

Bank) is asking me to present the beneficiary of the money that they need to transfer the money back to the owner since the account is dormant for a long time now.

After going through your profile and that of your company I believe you are the right person for this job since your company’s business correlates with a kind of

business I would like to invest my own share of the money when is finally transferred.

If you would assist me with this I will compensate you with 40% of the total sum and at the same time invest my own money in your company’s business.

Note: for a fast and smooth transfer I will be needing your data as follows:

1. YOUR FULL NAME.................
2. CURRENT CONTACT ADD............
3. YOUR CURRENT INT’L PASSPORT/ID..........
4. MARRITAL STATUS.............
5. PH AND FAX NUMBERS...........
6. OCCUPATION............
7. Age............

As soon as I get this I will forward it to my Attorney who helped me in providing some legal document during the time of the transfer that really made possible for me

to transfer the money without a beneficiary.

Best Regards,

MR. HAYTHAM HAMDY SAYED AHMED.

sayedhaytham@yahoo.cn
PH:+971552541324

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