419 scam: Mr Abdullah Sadoma <mr.abududankara1@gmail.com> Assalamu Alaikum!Dear Friend.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- abdullah.sadoma@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Abdullah Sadoma <mr.abududankara1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdullah.sadoma@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 10:09:07 +0200
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum!Dear Friend.

Assalamu Alaikum!

My Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day with your entire family, It is just my urgent
need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction for assistance. I am a banker by profession in West Africa
and currently holding the post of Auditing and Accounting Manager of
the bank.

I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds
(US$19.5Million.) of one of my clients bank Who died in crash and none
of his family member or relation has come for the claim, and now the
bank is planning how to confiscate the fund since no one has come for
the claim. Please I need an honest and humanity foreign partner that
we both can do this transaction together to achieve this success. I
decided to investigate further and discovered that he lost his life
including his wife and his only two children; they are among the
victims of (Flight) which crashed since on July 2000.

Hence, I am inviting you for this deal I will offer you 40% of the
amount mentioned above and 60% for me if you are sure you can handle
the transaction and you are ready to assist me and execute this
business, I want you to see this as a confidential matter to enable us
achieve this goal.Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to
you as soon as I receive your return mail, have a great day. For more
clarification reply me back and please note that the claim is 100%
risk free. Please you may receive my message in your spam box is
because of our bad network here in africa.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRET AND MAKE
IT CONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVES THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU
WILL PROVIDE TO THE BANK. DON'T DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY IN YOUR
COUNTRY PLEASE, BECAUSE THE SECRET OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS
THE SUCCESS OF IT.

Please reply me through this my private email for security purpose
(abdullah.sadoma@yahoo.fr)

Best Regard.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr.Abdullah Sadoma.
Auditing and Accounting Manager (African
Development Bank)

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