419 scam: "!"<salimfadisalimfajjarfamily@hotmail.co.uk> 61.152.245.169

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "immigration services" (For real work or immigration visas you will always be dealing with the foreign embassy, high commission or consulate in your country, not directly with the authorities in the country you are trying to move to. If you are being asked to send money to someone outside of your country, then it's a scam. Real visas fees are always payable to the foreign embassy or consulate in your country. Embassies or immigration officials will never use a free webmail address or demand payment by Western Union or to a bank account that is not in the name of the embassy. )
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.
- salimfadisalimfajjar@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "!" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <salimfadi.salimfajjar@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:25:14 +0200
Subject: 61.152.245.169

MIGRATION TO YOUR COUNTRY
Date: 27^th May 2011
From: Salim Fadi Salim of Libya
Hallo,
As-Sal mu `Alaykum

My name is Salim Fadi Salim from Tripoli Libya and I am contacting for help and its about to receive luggage with significant asset in foreign currency (America dollars) in abroad (South Africa) on my behalf and safeguard the luggage (SAFE) ahead of our migration to your country from Libya through Egypt soonest God willing Inshallah. Already parts of the family have crossed into Egypt to wait and I am still inside Tripoli with my second son to work out possibility means to send out of Libya to abroad the luggage with cash content in foreign currency (US DOLLARS) with which we can start life with outside Libya in your country.

Now we have the connection to send the luggage to abroad through diplomatic mission but need particulars of trusted person to receive the luggage in your country hence my mail to you. Can I use your particulars to send the luggage across and can you receive it? If possible, p.s. send to me copy of your id and my agent Mackenzie Logistics will do the necessary paper work and documentations in favour of your name and documents corresponded to you.

God Willing, Inshallah, we make it to your country, you will guide me to your country immigration services to secure asylum status for us, and from money I'm going to send, you help me to a buy house that can sleep family of 11 to enable us to settle, invest and start new life in your country with you to manage our investment on partnership.

For more details; I would love to speak with you over the telephone but communication networks are broken-down, however, my number is 00218 92788 4075, but can call you for brief speak through satellite teleline company if you can give me your number and particulars.

Thank you (shukran)
Salim Fadi Salim
3 Al Fajjar LBY, Gregarage Tripoli, Libya
Tel/ 00218 92788 4075
Email; salimfadisalimfajjar@hotmail.co.uk

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