419 scam: "mr.abuali01" <mr.abuali01@gmail.com> TREAT VERY CONFIDENTIEL AND URGENT RESPONSE.

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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)
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.
- abu01_ali@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mr.abuali01" <mr.abuali01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abu01_ali@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 18:13:37 +0000
Subject: TREAT VERY CONFIDENTIEL AND URGENT RESPONSE.

Dear Friend,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, it is due to
my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for
this transaction. I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso in
west Africa and currently the bill and exchange manager of the bank.I
have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds of
($15million) of one of my bankclients who died along with his entire
family on 31 July 2000 in a plane crash.

Hence,i am inviting you for a business dealwhere this money can be
shared between the both of us in the ratio of 50/40 while 10% will be
mapped out for expenses. If you agree to my business proposal.further
details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive
your return mail,Contact me through this email address.
abu01_ali@yahoo.com

Yours Brotherly,
Mr.Abu Ali.

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