419 scam: "Mohamed Yunis Jabr"<adsankey@hotmail.com> urgent attention

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million us 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jamcaruk@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohamed Yunis Jabr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamcaruk@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:37:43 -0500
Subject: urgent attention

Dear Sir/Ma,

THIS LETTER IS NOT INTENDED TO CAUSE ANY EMBARRASMENT IN WHATEVER FORM ,RATHER I WAS COMPELLED TO CONTACT YOUR ESTEEMED SELF, FOLLOWING KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR HIGH REPUTE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS

My name is Mohamed Yunis Jabr i am the son of former Libyan Minister of Defence under the regime of late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, my father Major General Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr was the Libyan Minister of Defence under the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. presently i am in a country with the United Nations on Asylum which i will disclose to you. I got your contact from a Web Page Directory on Investment and resettlement program. I am 21yrs old and as it is now I am no longer comfortable with my present condition here I hereby seek your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To help me come over to your country for resettlement

(2) To also help me in getting this fund which I inherited from my father over to your country for investment into properties and other profitable business. The fund is $33.4 million US dollars and it was transferred to a foreign country near you which i will disclose to you. I also have all the documents in my possession to proof which i will mail to you. Unfortunately my father was killed in Sirte. He was in a car convoy with Gaddafi trying to flee from the Siege of Sirte After the convoy was attacked by NATO aircraft

Right now I am confused here and do not know where to start from since I can no longer easily go back to Libya now due to the present situation of things right there now.

I will also compensate you greatly for this assistance, when I come over to your country but only if you can be able to assist in transferring my fund and also re-settling in your country and investing in a lucrative business venture.

Reply to this email address: jamcaruk@gmail.com whether you are capable of assisting me or not , This will enable me scout for another partner Immediately in the event of non-interest on your part.

Regards,
Mohamed Yunis Jabr

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