419 scam: "MR. NABEEN ALFOUNI" <johnnypowell22@gmail.com> Kind Attention

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million 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)
- "you will be given 30%" (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.
- nabeenaffouni@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. NABEEN ALFOUNI" <johnnypowell22@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nabilaffouni@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 11:02:54 -0700
Subject: Kind Attention

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Nabeen Affouni, a native of Kuwait working in an oil well
in Saudi Arabia as a Petrochemical Engineer with my colleagues. The
contract we have with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to
be drilling oil wells is for ten Years, and the first payment of $250
million dollars has been paid and has been deposited with a bank and
to be transferred to your bank account for proper investment.

If you have fund management abilities or credible projects in need of
funding, please let us have a brief description of your nature of
business/professional experiences alongside your registered business
name and physical address in a returned email so we can discuss
further. As people working in the desert, we do not have access to
bank and telephone because of the location of the site. However, we
have access to the internet to communicate with you.

For your assistance,you will be given 30% of the total sum, and 20%
from the profit that will accrue from the investment.Please do not
hesitate to give me your reply so that we will inform the transferring
bank your details for them to commence transfer process.

Looking forward to hearing from you at: nabeenaffouni@gmail.com.

My sincere Regards,

NABEEN AFFOUNI

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