419 scam: "Mr. Abdulahi Razaq." <vnwld@yahoo.com> Re: Transaction Notification

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Abdulahi Razaq." <vnwld@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: abdulahirazaq@ovi.com
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:20:07 +0200
Subject: Re: Transaction Notification

Dear friend,

I wish this mail meet you in good physical condition. I am Mr. Abdulahi Razaq; a corporate banking manager with the United Bank for Africa (UBA) I am contacting you to present to you a deal of $57,000,000.00 USD Fifty Seven Million United State Dollars) which was deposited in the bank in 2006 by Mr. Oswaldo Wongene with enjoin order from Mutassim Gadhafi (the late son of Colonel Moammar Ghadhafi of Libya.

I want you be the foreign beneficiary so that I transfer the funds from the bank to you, we can negotiate on a percentage and invest my share over there in your country, before then we have to enter a contract agreement on the percentage of the funds.With my position, I will make everything works out successfully and this money will be transferred to your account, I need trusted and honest person to finance this with me as it will involve little amount of money, but we can do this together.

I will email by attachment all the documents covering the fund on your interest and request. I am waiting to hear from you.

Regards,
Mr. Abdulahi Razaq.

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