419 scam: "ABU HAZEM"<abuhazem21@yahoo.com> TREAT AS URGENT PLEASE

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- abuhazem12@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- because i am not a greedy man.contact me via my emails: abuhazem12@yahoo.com / abuhazem21@yahoo.com. thank you as i look forward to (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ABU HAZEM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abuhazem12@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 2016 05:18:11 -0800
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT PLEASE

Hello,

I wish happy new year.. I am so happy having come across your contact through your country's journal .. Please,do not ignore this my dear friend because I have contacted you for a quick response and I will like you to get back to me after reading. I am Mr.Abu Hazem, 50 years .. I was the personal house help of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi {Gaddafi's son} that was arrested on 19th November,2011 after the end of Libyan war and was sentenced to death on 28th July,2015. I write to inform you that there are some of his funds that were deposited secretly through me in one vault company located in Brazil.

I will definitely disclose the full contact details of the vault company once I read a positive response from you.Please,even if you are not interested in handling this transaction with me,kindly keep this as a TOP secret between us because I am being monitored. I will like you to stand as my Legal beneficiary receiver of the funds if you would honest to me because I am sending this LETTER to you with a heart full of honesty and trustworthiness.

I know that the internet has been grossly abused by some scam artists who are in life to hurt peopl but,I want you to know that in as much as one should be careful,the same time we should not allow the negative to kill the positive potentials in a realistc business. I am ready to share the funds 50/50% with you if you receive these funds with honesty because I am not a greedy man.Contact me via my emails: abuhazem12@yahoo.com / abuhazem21@yahoo.com. Thank you as I look forward to reading from you soon.

Regards,
Abu Hazem

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