419 scam: "Arfat Al-mamud Fakri" <arfatalmamudfakri@yahoo.com> Dear Sir,

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Arfat Al-mamud Fakri" <arfatalmamudfakri@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ArfatAl-mamudFakri@gmx.com
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:15:05 -0500
Subject: Dear Sir,

Dear Sir,

My Name is Arfat Al-mamud Fakri,Libyan and coordinator of national leadership
council under leader Colonel Muammar Muhammad Al-Gaddafi. The opposition group
refereed to as Rebel group eager for a democratic political reform demanded
that Colonel Muammar Muhammad Al-Gaddafi must resign and another democratic
political leader elected as he had ruled the country for 42 years.

He has refused to step down and this has lead to several months of wild
destruction of life and properties in Libya, leaving every activities to be
closed, nothing is working out any more here now and you can see this issue in
world daily news broadcast like CNN, BBc, Asian News, CNBC etc. as top headlines.

Because of the problem in my Country Libya now, nothing were moving again as
business places, Banks, Schools, hospitals and many other institutions were
total out of place due to the serious war going on between Gaddafi forces and
rebel forces so that is why I write to seek your guidelines and assistance to
invest the sum of US$8.2 million united states dollars with you in your country.

This huge sum of money was money mapped out by Colonel Gaddafi to my council
to train and educate leaders to support Gaddafi regime before the war started
and looking at the position of things and my stand, I completely had nothing
left for me as all my properties and investments had been destroyed by the
civil crises (war) so that is why I need your help to invest this money for me
so that it will be a new turning point to me as all I had worked in life had
been totally carried away by the destructive war.

I want to assure you that my partnership with you is 100% risk free and
without any hitch because no one knows the where about of this money as the
documents proving the existence of the money were lost by fire when our office
is hit by bomb blast during the civil crises.

My sincere regard to your good family and I wait for your positive interest to
this issue but if not interested, please delete this message.

On a serious note, this information must be kept very secret between me and
you till we are successful in establishing a good investment with this money.

Regards,

Arfat Al-mamud Fakr

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