419 scam: "Dr. Abdullah al-Thani" <drabdullaha101@gmail.com> From Dr. Abdullah 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:

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:
- "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.
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.
- drabdullaha4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Abdullah al-Thani" <drabdullaha101@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.abdullah_thani2020@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:25:07 -0400
Subject: From Dr. Abdullah al-Thani

Dear Sir/ Madam,

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. Abdullah 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 through online banking system to
your own account for onward investment purpose.

I wait to hear from you for more details. Reply me here (
drabdullaha4@gmail.com
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Abdullah al-Thani.

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