419 scam: "Mr Muhammad Rahman"<vijay3@konin.lm.pl> DEAR FRIEND

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Muhammad Rahman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <muhammadrahman19611@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 02:51:19 -0800
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

Dear friend,

My name is Muhammad Rahman,Manager Sunrise Global Securities. Actually, I got your contact information through the public records while searching for a last name similar to one of our late customer an expatriate engineer who was on contract with Nigerian National Petroleum corporation NNPC here in Nigeria for eight years.He died of ghastly motor accident on his way to Abuja in 2014.

Before his death, he deposited One Trunk Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure,containing the sum of USD8.700,000.00 (EIGHT MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.DOLLARS ONLY) with a security company here in Nigeria under better arrangement which am the manager of the company,but he did not disclosed the actual content of deposited diplomatic consignment to our company but personally and secretly after his death, i was able to discover the true content as fund and i have since then kept the secret within me till this time the company is having our yearly audit and i have decided to ship this fund diplomatically outside this country with the help of any reliable person in your country so that once the fund is secured successfully, i will fly and meet with you for the mutual sharing of the funds as we will agree upon.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that hence you have the same family/similar last name with our late customer I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to the diseased so that the diplomatic consignment will be released to you for us all.This will be 100% risk free business.I will make sure that all the needful legal documents is changed to your name as the family inheritor.

My arrangement,is to deliver the deposited consignment to you through diplomatic means to your country and you will receive it from the diplomat for both of us. For your participation we shall share in the ratio 50% for me, 50% for you as your benefit.Please reply to this email:

Please be kind to get back to me for more details.

Best Regards,

Muhammad Rahman

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