419 scam: "Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Philanthropic Foundation" <info@alwaleed.com.sa> Congratulations;you were chosen, Get in Touch for claimes

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- abdulramankaseem@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Philanthropic Foundation" <info@alwaleed.com.sa>
Reply-To: abdulramankaseem@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:23:58 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Congratulations;you were chosen, Get in Touch for claimes

Peace Be unto you,

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Philanthropic Foundation wishes to bring to
your notice,that your e-mail account have been selected and therefore you

are one among the beneficiary of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal GRANT.(2M USD).
His donation of $2,000,000 us dollars may not be much to you but we
believe it will go a long way to improving your standard of living.We
would

like you to fill the below and return back to our sole claimes Agent. Our
Organization will send a delegation to you after the claimes, to visit
you,

after the donation gets to you.
Do this on time so you can contact the payout bank for further directives
to receive the Grant. .
Below is the details you need to fill and forward to Claimes Agent
personal email only at (abdulramankaseem@gmail.com)

Name:
Address:
Direct Telephone
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:

All response should be forward to this Email ONLY (
abdulramankaseem@gmail.com )

We do not want to ask you for your ID as we do not want to leave an
impression in your mind that we want to steal your identity). We do
hope that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over
there in your country. we will employ you to do what you can to
alleviate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the
standard of living of as many people as you can because that is
the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.

May the Good lord bless your heart to be a blessing to your family and
your society as soon as this donation gets to you
Regards
Dr Michelle Tedge
For:Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Philanthropic Foundation
http://www.alwaleed.com.sa/

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