419 scam: Abdul Hakim <barrrickiegrantham@gmail.com> Greeting From Dubai,

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- abdulakim460@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Abdul Hakim <barrrickiegrantham@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulakim460@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2022 10:55:29 +0100
Subject: Greeting From Dubai,

Greeting From Dubai,

The internet has been grossly abused by scam artists and miscreants whose
intention is to hurt. In as much as one should be careful, at the same time
we should not allow negative to kill the positive potential in a realistic
business, please read my proposal carefully and it is 100% Risk-free.

My name is Mr. Abdul `the Branch manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Al Ain
Intâ€™l Airport Cash-Office Branch (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES), married with three
children. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation
to carry out this business opportunity in my department. After annual audit
Last month in my branch I discover documents of a late client Mr. Andreas
Schranner A German business magnate who made a numbered fixed deposit with
this branch valued $12M
(Twelve Million United State Dollars,) and I was lucky to have the scan
documents with me in save position. I discovered from his contract
employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Andreas Schranner, died in
the plane crash Monday, 31 July 2000, (an air France jet liner) with his
entire family and other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself
via the website below for (BBC NEWS:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

According to United Arab emirates banking law after the expiration of 14
(fourteen) years, if nobody apply for the claim it will confiscate as state
treasury if nobody apply for the claim, I am seeking for your support to
stand as next of kin/ beneficiary to claim these funds so that we move it
into useful investment, I am ready to share with you 40% for you and 60%
will be kept for me, You will provide offshore account where the funds will
be transferred to reason while I am contacting you is because I cannot
stand in the forefront to claim the funds alone because I am currently
working with the bank, reply to my private Email:( abdulakim460@gmail.com ).

I will like you to provide me with the following details if you are
interested:

(1) Your Full Name:
(2) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile Number.
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality:

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.
One Passionate appeal, i will make to you is not to discuss this matter
with anybody, if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and
please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too
bad for me at my work place as the Branch Manager National Bank of Abu
Dhabi, here in U.A.E.

Thanks for your kind understanding.

Mr. Abdul Hakim
NBAD .United Arab Emirates

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