419 scam: Abdullazizi Ibrahim <AIlaw@cs.com> Beneficial Offer

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Abdullazizi Ibrahim <AIlaw@cs.com>
Reply-To: <aailaw@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:57:49 +0100
Subject: Beneficial Offer

Hello,

My name is Abdullazizi Ibrahim I am the attorney to the son (Saadi Gaddafi) of Libyan leader Col Mommar
Gaddafi,I have been a close friend and lawyer to Muammar Gaddafi the former president of Libya for 15
years. I am sure you must have heard about the revolution that swept Libya. As you can see on the following
links:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/06/muammar-gaddafi-son-saadi-extradited-libya-trial
This prompted Saadi Gaddafi to leave the country to another African country, now to the reason of my writing
to you, as a trusted aid and personal lawyer to the son of the Libyan leader Col Mommar Gaddafi.
We have secure the total of $32 million United state Dollars from access crude oil account, this fund was
pulled out on the heat of this crises rocking Libya and the said fund was deposited
with a security company in a location, ( not Libya) which I will let you know in due cause.
Now that Col Gaddafi is dead and his regime ended, I have now received instruction from Saadi Gaddafi
before his extradition from Niger to look for a partner to secure the money from the security company.
We are ready to let you have 30% of the total sum, while I will have 10% and 60 % will be kept by you for
my client or even help in investing for him pending when things stabilize.
I have all the papers to help us in getting the fund from the security company and if you are interested in
this transaction, urgently respond so that I can brief you in details. But if you are
not interested, please treat the email as it never comes to you.

This is confidential and must not be discussed by the third party or unauthorized person(s).
Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regard.
Abdullazizi Ibrahim

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