419 scam: "Mohammed"<omaramohammed@rocketmail.com> Please Reply as soon as possible

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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: "Mohammed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <omaramohammed@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:33:40 +0400
Subject: Please Reply as soon as possible

Hello Sir,

I am Omar Abdul Mohammed,a manager of National Commercial
Bank Libya.After going through your email profile, I know that we
can do this business in the Bank, if only you can keep this as top
secrit with your self.

In the Bank lots of accounts owners is comfirmed death and some
owners are late Muammar Gaddafi's loyalist or men who has ran
away.I can move some of this money to you by cash or arrange the
money cash to in your country.

The only thing I need from you is your full name your contact
address/telephone numbers

However I'm the only person that knows about this secret,
please if you can be honest with me I will use my veto power
to move this fund to you and come over to meet with you
in your country as soon as you received the money so that
we can share it 40% for you 60% for me, but if you are not
capable of doing this deal with me I beg of you don't
disclose it to any other person, Note to move the fund cash
will be more better for me, there will be no trace after the
cash is moved to you.

With regards,

Mr.Omar Abdul Mohammed
National Commercial Bank
P.O. Box 543 Al Bayda
Al Jabal Al Akhdar
Libya

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