419 scam: "Mr.Hadad Karim Abbas" <mr.hadad

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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: "Mr.Hadad Karim Abbas" <mr.hadad_k.abbas@sify.com>
Reply-To: karim_ahadad@sify.com
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:55:27 -0800 (PST)
Subject: HELLO.

Siège Social
01 BP 1336 Ouagadougou 01- Burkina Faso
January 11 /2011

Dear Sir[s]:
I am writing to you at this time to advertise the availability of gold in bulk quantities. Actually i have selling my Gold under government , I have decided to seek for particulary customer i will start dealing with personal, I can bepaying only tax to the government.I need a serious buyer honest and sincerity.
FOR CONFIDENTIALITYON THIS BUSINESS:The part of the land of gold here in my village in Burkina faso , Ouagadougou,belong to my father, Since 1990/ 2009 government has been given my father percentage, My father does not know much about gold and not educated, My father has stop collecting percentage from the government, Since 2010 my father hasstarted collecting the percentage by kilogram of the gold. We have enough quantities, Due to the conditions my father gave me, we can not do the business online, You need to come down in person ok.
DEATILS
Quantity: 550 kilograms is available right now.
Origin: Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, West Africa
Price : Per kilogram is not the problem, It can not be the same price with the government ok. I want you to understand the nature of the business, am very serious,I am still waiting for your respond ok. If you are interested in this proposal. Looking forward to doing business with you.

Yours truly,
Mr. Hadad Karim Abbas

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