419 scam: Muhammad Ali <online373980@telkomsa.net> Read and Respond!!! (Muammar Al Gadaffi)

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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!

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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: Muhammad Ali <online373980@telkomsa.net>
Reply-To: Muhammad Ali <alimuhammad@kimo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:28:02 +0200 (SAST)
Subject: Read and Respond!!! (Muammar Al Gadaffi)

>From your heart accept this offer as we lost the battle,my name is Muhammad Ali,Chief defending officer to late Libyan President Muammar Al Gadaffi,who ruled Libya for over 42 Years in leadership, I am writing you this mail with deep pains in my heart because my life is at risk after the death of my late leader,I am hiding in one small European country where can be found at any moment.And i am using this opportunity to release secret funds deposited given to me by my late President to import guns and weapons for the war which we finally lost at the end, This fund was deposited is in one of the bank in SPAIN, the sum of 3,Million Euros Only (Three Million Euros Only)

As the battle is over, i want to give you the secret Deposit key of this fund to make the claim, and use 70% from the fund to establish good investment that can benefit the both of us in any country of your choice, and the 30% to set up an orphanage home as i have found God and accept him in my heart after losing my family in this war. So if you are really interested to work on this dream get back to me with the below details to enable me direct you on how to contact my late President Muammar al Gaddafi lawyer who will guide you with all the secret document backing this funds.Please provide the following details

1.Full name
2.Home Address
3.Age
4.Sex
5.Occupation
6.Phone Number
7.Nationality
8.Country Of Residence

Thank you

Muhammad

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