419 scam: Ahmed Umar <ahmedumarnicec@gmail.com> Re:THANKS

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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:

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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Ahmed Umar <ahmedumarnicec@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <ahmedumarnice@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 07:11:45 -0700
Subject: Re:THANKS

Hello Dear

How are you and your family my good friend? it has been a long time despite that I have lost hope in thus transaction, but thank Almighty Allah that my own blood relation is the new Nigeria president, Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), I told him yesterday how you and my self spent huge amount of money trying to receive our long awaited contract payment from NNPC for several years without receiving a dime from the past administration, and he said I should produce our contract approval documents to him immediately, so that he will release our payment to us before any other beneficiary will receive a dime from Nigeria government. The newly elected president is my blood relation and he has promised to release our long awaited contract payment to us before any other beneficiary will receive payment from Nigeria Government.

Please forward to me immediately the copies of the contract approval documents that is with you so that our approved fund will be release to us immediately and if you cannot find the approval documents, please get back to me immediately so we can sworn an affidavit at the federal high court law to obtain a fresh approval documents in your name immediately and receive our long awaited contract sum. Meanwhile disbursement at this juncture will be 50-50 as A gentle man agreement, because we both have already lost hope in this huge contract sum and also lost huge amount of money in the past without any of us receiving a dime from the past government, but Allah is Great, now we are going to receive our fund without any encumbrances. I’m very happy that my own blood relation is the President of this Nation after so many attempts in the past.

As a matter of urgency forward the approval documents that is in your possession to me immediately,along with your receiving bank account details, your direct phone number and postal address so that our approval fund will hit your nominated bank account tomorrow, because I lost all my own copies of the approval documents on a fire accident in my office last year, at this juncture I don't have any copy of the approval documents with me at all, if you too have lost your own copies of the approval documents, please notify me immediately so we can go for a fresh approval immediately and receive our fund and pay all our depts and start a new life all together.

I await your urgent reply with above details.
Thanks
Alhaji Ahmed Umar

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