419 scam: "Mr.Ok Abraham"<samy.mahmoud@egypt.travel> Attention Beneficiary,

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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: "Mr.Ok Abraham" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.okabraham1@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 23:18:41 -0000
Subject: Attention Beneficiary,

Dear Sir/Madam,
I hope you give due consideration to this letter before you discard it as
a hoax.
My name is Mr.Ok Abraham, Account Officer/Personal Banker with one of
the banks in United Kingdom. On 8 November 2001, a diplomat from Africa
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, valued at for twelve calendar months
in my Bank branch. Upon maturity, routine notifications were sent to his
forwarding address with no reply. This was repeated a month later as a
reminder, finally I discovered that the diplomat was General Robert Guei,
and was killed together with all his family members in a political
uprising in his country on September 19th 2002.

Please read more from the links below:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,3604,796127,00.html

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2030931,00.html

Your urgent reply will be appreciated.
Yours truly,
Ok Abraham

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