419 scam: Gabriel <gabr@mail.com> outstanding fund

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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:
- "% will be for you" (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: Gabriel <gabr@mail.com>
Reply-To: gabrielumeh234@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 17:10:39 +0100 (CET)
Subject: outstanding fund

Dear

It will please me if you can give proper attention to this mail for my urgent

action on your outstanding payment. My Name is Dr Gabriel Umeh,the head of

Payment Probe Verification Panel .

I was appointed the Chairman of Payment Probe Verification Panel by the

President to review all the outstanding fund litigations with the Nigeria

Government and during the sitting of my panel, we dictated your name as one of

the people who has been a victim of the fraudulent activities going on here by

civilians in the Government offices and our further review on your file proved

that you are claiming a fund that did not actually belong to you, but your

Nigeria partners has used your name to deceive the Government authorities to

claim the fund by presenting you as the beneficiary.

However, for the fact that the fund is floating unclaimed here, I will

not claim

to be a saint to allow the fund go back to the Government treasury. So if you

really want to work with me, i am given you conditions as stated

bellow so that

you will take a decision immediately if we can work together to achieve your

over long dreams.

(1) I will convince my committee members to approve the fund in your

name if you

can forfeit 40% of the fund to me and my committee members and 60% will be for

you.And I will need your assurance and a promisory note, that those Colleagues

of yours or any Government Official will be totally kept out of this

transaction

since none of them is aware of this new development.

(2) That you will keep the arrangement 100% secret until the fund gets to your

bank account and you pay us our own 40%.

I will be looking forward to hear from you to enable me communicate to my

committee members for immediate approval of your fund.

Your quick response is needed urgently

Thanks for your cooperation.

Best Regards

Dr Gabriel Umeh

Chairman Probe Verification Panel

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