419 scam: "Ms. Aziza Ibrahim" <web.infooaz@rogers.com> Hello Dear------------ We Need Your Help Urgent Response

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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: "Ms. Aziza Ibrahim" <web.infooaz@rogers.com>
Reply-To: "Ms. Aziza Ibrahim" <azizaibra@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:49:09 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear------------ We Need Your Help Urgent Response

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Assalam Alaikum,Â

Itâ€˜s with tears and pains that I am writing this mail from my asylum ground here, I donâ€™t want you to pity me, but I need your trust. I know how surprise this letter will come to you, but i would advice that you consider it as a request from a family in dare need of assistance.

I am Ms. Aziza Ibrahim, one of the bodies Guard of the late embattled president of Libya (Col.M.Gaddafi) who was brutally killed by the Rebel in Sirte our home town on Thursday 20th Oct 2011. Please my life is hopeless, today everyone believed that I am also dead due to the brutal end of late embattled president of Libya (Col.M.Gaddafi) regime and I am currently residing in one of the African Countries, unfortunately as a refugee because I wanted to keep off from my country so that I will not be killed also.

I quite believe on my own that you can be of great help in this regard even if I am not acquainted to you before. Our family lawyer has advised me never to come back home until everything is settled. I have sum amount of funds, I moved out during the war as a body guard to the late president and since then, I have not returned back to my home country because I wouldnâ€™t want to be killed as the president by the rebels. Since then, I deposited the funds with a bank in my asylum grand. Itâ€™s a great surprised that I received a message from my lawyer yesterday that I should be very careful because the eyes of people are after my life.Â

I may lose everything I have worked for by the current Libya Government as well with my life. Please my life is hopeless and I need you to assist me so that I can transfer these funds out of this country and quickly go out because awareness is getting too much from the place I am living. Please give me a reply so that we can process this claim with your name as the beneficiary.

Thank you,

Ms. Aziza Ibrahim

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