419 scam: "Mr.Alassane Ibrahim" <hajaribrahim601@gmail.com> Urgent respond

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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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- mralassaneibrahim@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Alassane Ibrahim" <hajaribrahim601@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mralassaneibrahim@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 10:05:53 -0700
Subject: Urgent respond

Dear Friend,

Peace be upon you

Please kindly pardon me for any inconvenience this letter may cost you
I'm Mr. Alassane Ibrahim from African Development Bank ADB. Firstly,
accept my apologies, am the personal accountant to Dr. F. Shah Young.
who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that occurred
in Libya on the 12th of May 2010, I came across ($15.000,000USD) in
his balance with our Bank (ADB) I want to first transfer
$5,000.000(Five million USD) from this money into a safe account
abroad, after which we will transfer the remaining (10M) but I don't
know any foreigner. Below is the link for your view for the plane
crash. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

However I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to a local person here, without valid international
foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the
money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Dr. F. Shah
Young is a foreigner too, now i want you to provide an account where
this money will be transfer to for both of us, and I propose 40% share
of the total amount to you after receiving the funds successfully to
your bank account please kindly contact me immediately via my official
email box then I can clarify you more in details of this transaction.
I look forward to your earliest reply to my private E-mail
mralassaneibrahim@gmail.com with the following details below.

Best regards.
Mr. Alassane Ibrahim

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