419 scam: =?UTF-8?B?Ik5hemlhIFJhYmFoIg==?= <naziharabah346@terra.com.pe> (no subject)

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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 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.
- ah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?Ik5hemlhIFJhYmFoIg==?= <naziharabah346@terra.com.pe>
Date:
Subject:

From: Mr.Naziha Raba.
Manager: Audit and Accoun= ts.
Islamic Development Bank,
Ouagadougou, Burkina&nbs= p;Faso.

Dear Friend,

I am sending this&nb= sp;E-mail with greeting to you. I am the= above mentioned person with said office = ;position, and I=E2=80=99m contacting you in = respect of a business deal which I inten= d to carry out with a deal-minded and&nb= sp;trust worthy foreigner. There is an accoun= t here in our bank with a credit ba= lance of twenty one million united state = ;dollars,(US$21.million). As I talk to you no= w, this said account is without a benefi= ciary or heir. This means that the money= presently does not belong to any. I&nbs= p;have explored all options and decided to&nb= sp;execute this deal with any deal-minded for= eigner who can strike the deal with me&n= bsp;by receiving this huge amount of money&nb= sp;in his/her foreign bank account and take&n= bsp;40% of it. This will put you in = ;possession of eight million four hundred tho= usand US dollars,(US$8.4million) as your own = share from the deal, which won=E2=80=99t take= us more than ten bank working days = ;to finalize.
I will provide any information&nb= sp;that will be needed to back up the&nb= sp;claim, and ensures that our bank releases&= nbsp;the fund to you as the beneficiary = to this said account. We shall follow th= e official way to get the bank to a= pprove the fund to you since the origina= l owner died leaving no behind to inheri= t his estate.
I have worked out ever= ything before contacting you, so I will = give you all the details regarding the d= eal as soon as I hear from you and&= nbsp;please make this proposal a top secret&n= bsp;and delete it if you are not interes= ted. Kindly send your response to (naziha_rab= ah@yahoo.com)

Thanks and regards.
Mr.Naziha = Raba.

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