419 scam: "Dr. Abdullah al-Thani" <sd130013@gmail.com> CO- INQUIRY FROM ABDALLAH AL-THANI

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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)
- "million 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Abdullah al-Thani" <sd130013@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdallahalthani.libya@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:44:53 +0200
Subject: CO- INQUIRY FROM ABDALLAH AL-THANI

Hello Dear Friend,

I RESPECT YOUR PERSONAL REPUTATION.
It's really nice to come across your e-mail contact from International
Business Directory, then i decided to contact you hoping that meeting you
here will be a good step for a beautiful future business relationship and
Partnership under your management.

I am Dr. Abdallah al-Thani, from LIBYA; I was Former Minister of Defense
and Prime Minister of Libya. I resigned as Prime Minister on 11 August 2015
after I escaped an assassination attempt by gunmen, after my resignation i
ran down to London, United Kingdom for security reason.

Read more:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/26/africa/libyan-prime-minister-assassination-attempt/index.html

Furthermore, due to the problems in my country Libya, I find it necessary
to diversify my investments outside my country to safe guard against the
future of my family. Meanwhile, I am contacting you to seek for your
assistant in transferring my deposited fund amounting Twenty million United
States Dollars ($20.000, 000.00) which i am planning to invest under your
management in your country, when I come over after you have confirmed the
fund under your custody.

For me, I have the following
investment plan for your consideration;
(1) Real Estate Business, (2) Travel & Tourism, (3) Hotel Management.

Please if you have another profitable business plan I may be interested to
invest in your country, kindly get back to me for us to discuss on how to
transfer the investment fund to your company account for onward investment
purpose.

I wait to hear from you for more details.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Abdallah al-Thani.

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