419 scam: kabiru ahmed <ahmedkabiru286@gmail.com> ATTN: HONORABLE CONTRACTOR

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

Fraud email example:

From: kabiru ahmed <ahmedkabiru286@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kabiru_ahmed@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 12:18:28 +0100
Subject: ATTN: HONORABLE CONTRACTOR

RE: LONG OVER DUE CONTRACT PAYMENT TRANSFER ADVISE IN YOUR FAVOR

Dear Sir,

I am a Deputy director with the Federal Ministry of Finance and was
instructed by the Hon Minister of Finance / Head of State,to find out
before the end of this month, WHY your contract/ claim of your part
payment of $4.2 Million fund have not been credited to your account .

However their are two gentlemen who came from your country to claim
this fund on your behalf and the reason giving to us is that you are
the one who sent them that you are very sick and they provided account
of Union Bank of Switzerland for the payment to be made.

Kindly reconfirm your banking particulars to us and to know if you are
the one that send them, your telephone and fax numbers, valid means of
and your full name for us to check with the one in our file.

Yours faithfully,
Kabiru Ahmed.

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