419 scam: "BAWA GAMBARI"<quantumheritagegroup1@live.com> REMINDER

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "BAWA GAMBARI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bgambari@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 11:06:59 -0500
Subject: REMINDER

Dear Beneficiary,

There is a Cash deposit in our government accredited bank in your favour. This fund deposit has been lying dormant
in our bank for a while, it is an over invoiced fund from an executed contract totaling USD$27,000,000.00(Twenty seven
million United States Dollars), so during auditing it was discovered that you have not made any claims to the fund, hence
the reason for my contacting you to discuss with you on how the fund will be transferred out to you.

Once you revert to me confirming your detailed information, I shall then provide you with all the privileged information relating
to the fund in deposit and will also guide you on how to apply for this fund transfer to any account you may provide. This will be
achieved without the breach of any law. I would respectfully request that you treat the content of this letter as urgent and confidential,
respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this correspondence.

Contact me immediately for more information and to begin the due process of redeeming your lawful entitlement before our ministry is compelled by
law to hand over the money to the government.

Thanks,

Mr.Bawa Gambari
Contract Award Committee
Tel: +234-1-8547636

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