419 scam: vg850035 <vg850035@gmail.com> FROM MR. AHMED AZIZI

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- ahmedazizi917@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: vg850035 <vg850035@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:49:07 -0800
Subject: FROM MR. AHMED AZIZI

FROM MR. AHMED AZIZI
EMAIL: ahmedazizi917@gmail.com
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.

Dear,

Good day, you may be surprise to receive this email since you donâ€™t
know me in person, but with due respect, trust and humility, I write
to you this proposal. I am Mr. Ahmed Azizi the son of late Mr. Tariq
Azizi of Darfur in South Sudan. It is indeed my pleasure to contact
you for assistance for a business venture which I intend to establish.

I need you assistance to move the sum of (US$18 Million.) EIGHTEEN
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) which my late Father deposited with a
private Security Company here in South Africa awaiting claim before he
was assassinated by unknown persons during the war in Darfur, Sudan.

Now I have decided to invest the money in your country or anywhere
safe for security reasons. I want you to help me retrieve the money
for onward transfer to any designated bank account of your choice for
investment purposes

I will furnish you with more details I and my family have agreed to
compensate you with 30% of the total sum which will be your own share
for assisting us, and 5% for any expenses that might be incurred by
both parties in the course of the transaction. Then the remaining 65%
will be for me and my family, which you will help us to invest in your
country. Please feel free to contact me All I require from you is
honest & your kind co-operation. I will give you further details as
soon as you show interest in helping me.

I wait for your kind consideration to my proposal.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ahmed Azizi.

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