419 scam: "abdul"<test@test.com> reminder

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "abdul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohamedabdul@qwestoffice.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 22:58:56 -0700
Subject: reminder

Attn Sir

I want to contact you concerning the 2023 Saudi Aramco oil contract

abandonment program and sponsorship.(CAPS) which involves the Re

awarding of all the abandoned contract supplies of 2021 and 2023.

This program gives a great opportunity to new contractors to come in

and take over the existing contracts abandoned few years ago.

The best part of this contract is that Saudi Aramco oil will back up

the lucky contractors in the financial funding of the contract

supplies.

Get back to me with your phone numbers, addresses and occupation and i

will explain more in detail.send me your cell phone number

I await your reply.

Dr . mohamed abdullah

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