419 scam: "Mr.Azmi B. Ahmad" <muatiishredaanalbishi01@gmail.com> Reference:US$18.8Million..

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- azmibinahmad.info46@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Azmi B. Ahmad" <muatiishredaanalbishi01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: urgentbizazmi01@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 15:00:37 +0200
Subject: Reference:US$18.8Million..

Hello My Dear,
My name is Mr Azmi, am 46 years old, am married with a daughter but my wife is late. I work with MayBank2U in Malaysia Kuala lumpur plc and my position in May-Bank is foreign remittance department, that is my post in the May-Bank where i work.

I will like to confirm to you that am oblige to transact this business with you. I Need your full assistance to stand as a beneficiary (Next of Kin) to the sum of US$18.8millions united state dollars lying down unclaimed in our bank, What really happened is that during the course of our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2000 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remove this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing that's the reason why am contacting and trusting in you as my real blood brother so that we can claim out this said fund and share it between yourself....Okay

For the business to be effected i will need the following information from you.
Number .1.Your full name: .............
Number .2.Your full residential address: ............
Number .3.Your direct private telephone number:...............
Number .4.Your date of birth and:..................
Number .5.Your nationality:................
Number .6.your sex:..........................
Number .7.your occupation work:......................
Number .8.you private email address:.............

With all these information i will successfully inputs your name in the necessary files and also insert your information into the bank central computer as the next of kin to the late depositor and the sole beneficiary of the unclaimed fund after the demise of the depositor. Note that your utmost confidentiality as regards this transaction is required. You are to keep it as a top secret and confidential matters for us to progress, achieve our aims and finally for security reason I look forward to your earliest reply to this issue or send reply or

Contact me directly on my private cell phone number: +60169722908 OR

Private Email: azmibinahmad.info46@gmail.com
Thanks.
Azmi Bin Ahmad

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