419 scam: "Dr. Ibrahim Farid" <richardor@blumail.org> TREAT AS URGENT

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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)
- "into your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Ibrahim Farid" <richardor@blumail.org>
Reply-To: dr_ibrahimfarid@aliyun.com
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 13:21:09 -0700
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT

Dear Friend,

My name is Dr. Ibrahim Farid, A banker by Profession and Currently A
Director of Finance Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank, Which
the name will giving to you as soon as you respond for security
reason. I got your name and address in my search for a reputable and
reliable person to help me claim the sum of US$15.6 MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS, Deposited in our Bank by one of our customer Eng.
Mueller who die with his wife and two children on the 21st day of
April 2001 in car clash along Aflao express road.

Since his death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our
efforts to locate any member of his family immediate family has prove
Abortive that was why I decided to see if I can get anybody via
Internet to claim the money and I believe you have all the qualities
we need. Why I am contacting you is to present you to our Bank as the
NEXT OF KIN to the deceased customer. He was Drilling contractor with
some Oil Companies here in west Africa. So it will be more acceptable
and wiser to present you through paper work to the Bank for claim of
the total fund.

I will give you all the necessary requirements that the Bank may
request from you and follow up the transfer of the fund into your
account as an Insider. It will interest you to know that I and my
partners has been keeping the account dormant to enable our plans for
the funds to come through and this is the time and we are happy to
locate you for the perfection of the transfer of the Fund into your
nominated Bank Account to be given. As soon as I get your positive
response, I will update you about the mode of disbursement and we will
also need to know about investing in your Country as a way of helping
your people who suppose are the original owners of this Fund, I
suggest you get back to me as soon as possible through my confidential
email (dr_ibrahimfarid@aliyun.com) stating your wish in this deal.

Looking forward to your urgent response.

Yours Specially
Dr. Ibrahim Farid

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THIS E-MAIL IS MY TEMPORARY ADDRESS. FOR SECURITY REASONS, I PREFER
YOU SEND ME YOUR REPLIES VIA MY PRIVATE CONTACT E-MAIL:
dr_ibrahimfarid@aliyun.com

THANKS - Dr. Ibrahim Farid

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