419 scam: UMAR MOHAMMED <std.deng112@gmail.com> Partnership

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand u.s 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)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- umarmohammedd11@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UMAR MOHAMMED <std.deng112@gmail.com>
Reply-To: umarmohammedd11@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2022 23:57:23 -0800
Subject: Partnership

Dear Friend

I'm Mr. Umar Mohammed an Auditor with Boss Governance an audit firm
situated here in Lome TOGO.

Over the past 2 years I have been opportune to work for one of the
leading banks here in LOME TOGO and during this period I discovered a
dormant account that belongs to a
South Sudan national late Dr. Dominic Dim Deng.

I have tried with the help of one of the bankers to contact the
account owner and from our investigations, we discovered he has been
killed along with his wife and other government officials in a plane
crash on Friday May 2, 2008.

See website: http://www.sudantribune.com/BREAKING-NEWS-SPLA-minister-killed,26975

As a matter of fact, I am contacting you to come in and act as his
business partner following the information we shall make available to
your reach to enable the bank transfer the funds totaled Ten, five
hundred thousand U.S dollars only to any account you may provide.

This transaction is risk free and it requires absolute
confidentiality, so if you are sure you can handle it, then get back
to me for more details.

You will be entitled to 40% of the total funds while 60% will be for
me and my colleague and it will be invested in your country hence we
are still in service and you will be the investment manager.

N.B.Always contact me through my private Email Box (umarmohammedd11@gmail.com)

Umar Mohammed.

Please reply to: umarmohammedd11@gmail.com

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