419 scam: "Omar Hafeez"<gadaffiswealth@hafeezomar.info> Investment Opportunity

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "hafeezomar@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Omar Hafeez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hafeezomar@ymail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 18:39:54 +0100
Subject: Investment Opportunity

Dear Friend,

I am the Head,Corporate Bank Department of Citi Bank Group in
Lagos,Nigeria. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $700
Million USD (Seven Hundred Million United States Dollars) in an account
that belongs to one of our foreign customer (Muammar Gaddafi) the Dead
Libyan Strongman who died Last year 2011 in the Popular Uprising against
his four Decade rule in Libya,for more information about the Libyan
Revolt,Visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_civil_war

Since we got information about his death, we Shielded the $700 Million
(USD) from the prying eyes of the Financial Investigators Tracing and
Confisticating Gaddafi's Wealth & assets Worldwide.

After careful Deliberation & Searches,I decided to Contact you and make
this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the Business
associate to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank
treasury as unclaimed bill.

Trusting to hear from you immediately for more explanations,Pls send your
Response to my Private email: hafeezomar@ymail.com

Mr. Omar Hafeez
Head,Corporate Bank
Citibank Nigeria Limited
http://www.citigroup.com/citi/global/nga.htm
27 Kofo Abayomi Street
Victoria Island
Lagos
Nigeria

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