419 scam: "Mr. Farri Gabriel" <trans7722@yahoo.pt> Business Investment

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- farrigab@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Farri Gabriel" <trans7722@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mr. Farri Gabriel" <farrigab@consultant.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 22:47:09 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Business Investment

Attention:
Good day, please accept my apology for sending you this sensitive information without pre-informing you. This is due to the urgency of the information.
I am Mr. Farri Gabriel a UK business consultant to a prominent Saudi Arabian from the Royal Family. My client is seeking for a confidential and credible foreigner, company or person with whom he can jointly invest with.
My client who is currently heading one of the Ministries has successfully moved out Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$9,500,000.00) to a reliable Finance House in Europe. Due to his public nature hence I have been given the mandate to source for a credible person to receive and invest the funds.
This is the proposal in summary:
He wants these funds to be received and invested by a reliable person / company whom he can front without publicly disclosing his identity due to his public status. All that is required is your willingness to receive and invest the fund under profitable business or investment, which shall be discussed later.Â
Kindly indicate your willingness to receive the fund by return mail to my private email address farrigab@consultant.com with your full name, contact address and direct telephone numbers to enable us proceed and discuss your remuneration. I shall furnish you with full details of the transaction, my direct phone number, the entire deposit documents and a copy of my Identification for your verification.
Please remember to maintain absolute confidentiality of this transaction to avoid unnecessary exposure of the public figure involved. I wait for the above requested information by email farrigab@consultant.com
Best regards
Mr. Farri Gabriel

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