419 scam: "YASSER ABDUL"<yabdul234@gmail.com> INVESTMENT

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "YASSER ABDUL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yasserabdul1@rediffmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 09:13:43 -0700
Subject: INVESTMENT

Dear Sir,

I wish this proposals will not embarrass you as I was directed to contact you urgently by my boss, Abdallah Mansour, the former Libyan Intelligence Official under Late President Muammar Gaddafi cabinet.

I am Yasser Abdul, Personal Assistant(PA) to Abdallah Mansour, theformer Libyan Intelligence Official under Late President Muammar Gaddafi regime who was just been extradited back to Libya by Niger's government 15Th of February, 2014. Niger is a neighbouring Libya country where my boss, Abdallah Mansour and myself fled to as rebels seized control of Libya in 2011.

However, Abdallah Mansour and I was able to escaped out of Libya territory immediately after the death of Late.Col.Muammar Gaddafi to Niger, been the nearest neighbouring Libya country with some amount of funds which he has prepared to be invest in your country. It was based on this available cash €42,500,000.00(FOURTH TWO MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) at our disposal which Abdallah Mansour and I are willing to part to your organization in OVERSEA there so you could invest it wisely into viable and profit yielding venture in your country.

Finally, no matter what your response may be, kindly advise me without any delay to enabling me know next line of action.

Thanks
Yours sincerely
Yasser Abdul.

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