419 scam: "Mrs. Nuru Izzah Farhana," <fileo8679@gmail.com> ATTENTION: PLEASE

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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.
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.
- misnuruizzahfarhanan5@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Nuru Izzah Farhana," <fileo8679@gmail.com>
Reply-To: misnuruizzahfarhanan5@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:39:28 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: ATTENTION: PLEASE

ATTENTION:

By brief introduction my name is Mrs. Nuru Izzah Farhana, currently the
Manager, Compliance and Foreign Operations, Online Banking Unit,
investment bank here in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. I write you this
confidential proposal in good faith, believing that I can trust you with
the information I am about to reveal to you.

It may interest you to know, I came across your name and personal details
after a rigorous search in the trade directory of your country, for the
family of our foreign customer here in our Bank.

I have the mandate and necessary information to the fund valued - $350
million USD and to present the next of kin to the Account Owner hence the
need of your contacting or have the Account liquidated within the next 4
months, and after the amount deposited in the account would be transferred
to our Bank Treasury as 'Unclaimed fund', which will later be shared among
the Senior officers of our bank.

Since you are a foreigner and businessman, I decided to seek your
acceptance on the above mentioned and to present you as the beneficiary
next of kin to the late account owner.

I wait for your acceptance email reply via my private email
(misnuruizzahfarhanan5@gmail.com) and Telephone /Whatapp no :
+971528619950 further discussion with My Husband

Thanks for your time, attention & consideration.

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