419 scam: "Dr.Robin Thomas"<rthomas@kimo.com> investments, if you understand ARABIC language.

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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: "Dr.Robin Thomas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rbthomas@kimo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:25:29 +0200
Subject: investments, if you understand ARABIC language.

Dear Sir,

My company is into the production of Pharmaceutical products, Antibiotic and Antiviral drugs.

There are some herbal products that my company urgently needs to purchase from DUBAI.

We have been purchasing the materials from SYRIA but it has become very scarce now due to the ongoing crises there.

Recently, we got information that we can get the products in DUBAI but we are having communication problems with the ARABIC DUBAI sellers due to distance and language barriers.

This is why we need your assistance as our investment partner to link with the ARABIC DUBAI sellers and supply us the products.

Please if you know DUBAI very well or can understand or speak ARABIC language, kindly send me your TELEPHONE NUMBER for more details on the investments.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Thomas Robin
Purchasing Dept.

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