419 scam: Mark Durbam <sabinasaabiqhamza@gmail.com> attn

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "keep it confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mark Durbam <sabinasaabiqhamza@gmail.com>
Reply-To: markdurbam@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2023 10:42:29 +0100
Subject: attn

Good day Sir,
My name is Mark Durbam, I am an American banker and financial staff of a
bank based in the USA. This is a confidential message about a customer of
our bank that shares the same surname with you that died of covid19 in
2020. The deceased is a customer of our bank and I want you to stand as the
next of kin to his fund that was deposited in our bank before his death. I
will provide all the services that you will need to successfully claim this
fund. There is no risk in this inheritance claim as much as you keep it
confidential until the transaction is successfully concluded and the
inheritance fund transferred to your bank account in any country of your
choice for our sharing.
I will give you further information as soon as I receive your response.
Yours faithfully,
Mark Durbam

Buen dÃa seÃ±or,
Mi nombre es Mark Durbam, soy un banquero estadounidense y personal
financiero de un banco con sede en los EE. UU. Este es un mensaje
confidencial sobre un cliente de nuestro banco que comparte el mismo
apellido con usted que muriÃ³ de covid19 en 2020. El fallecido es un cliente
de nuestro banco y quiero que se presente como pariente mÃ¡s cercano a su
fondo que fue depositado. en nuestro banco antes de su muerte. Le
proporcionarÃ© todos los servicios que necesitarÃ¡ para reclamar con Ã©xito
este fondo. No hay riesgo en este reclamo de herencia, siempre y cuando lo
mantenga confidencial hasta que la transacciÃ³n se concluya con Ã©xito y el
fondo de la herencia se transfiera a su cuenta bancaria en cualquier paÃs
de su elecciÃ³n para que lo compartamos.
Le darÃ© mÃ¡s informaciÃ³n tan pronto como reciba su respuesta.
Atentamente,
Mark Durbam

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