419 scam: "Eng. Ahmed Bello" <ahmbello11@yahoo.com> HELLO

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Eng. Ahmed Bello" <ahmbello11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ahmbello11@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:04:51 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HELLO

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the day.My name is Eng Ahmed Bello, a director for project and planning department of the federal ministry of works & housing authority. I am the head of Tenders Board Committee in charge of awarding contracts to both local and foreign contractors.
In 2017, we executed contracts and deliberately over invoiced some this contracts to the tune of Eight million, three Hundred Thousand United States dollars ($8,300,000.00) .
We as civil servants cannot keep this amount in our personal accounts here in our country because of government fund monitoring team on all public office holders accounts.
In view of this, my partners have mandated me to look for a foreign partner who will assist us to receive these fund into any account of your choice and we will compensate you with 30% ONLY of the total sum as your share. Please understand that this is a serious matter and we need full cooperation from you That is why I am contacting you to be our custodian for these fund.

Waiting to hear from you.

Cheers and God bless.

Best Regards,

Eng. Ahmed Bello

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