419 scam: "HUSAIN A. S. M. MAJED"<alternatexx5@hotmail.com> ODP: HUSAIN A. S. M. MAJED FROM LIBYA

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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!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "HUSAIN A. S. M. MAJED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hsmmajed14@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:22:09 +0800
Subject: ODP: HUSAIN A. S. M. MAJED FROM LIBYA

GOOD DAY TO YOU,

MY NAME IS HUSAIN S. M. SALMAN MAJED FROM KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN. WE OWN A CORPORATE
COMPANY AND ALSO BUSINESS ASSOCIATE WITH LATE SAIF AL ARAB GADDAFI THAT DEALS IN
CRUDE OIL LIFTING AND SALES OF GOLD IN LIBYA. LATE SAIF AL-ARAB GADDAFI SON OF MUMMAR
GADDAFFI WHO WAS KILLED BY NATO AIR STRIKE LAST 6 MONTHS AND MR. CHOO BOON
SINGAPOREAN CITIZEN WHO’S GADAFFI FORCES HAS ELIMINATED WITH ALL HIS FAMILY MEMBERS
DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE UPRISING IN LIBYA.

I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AT THIS PRESENT TIME THAT WE ARE PASSING THROUGH HARDSHIP IN
LIBYA. I HAVE HUGE AMOUNT OF 40MILLION AND 150KG GOLD BAR DEPOSITED WITH A SAFE
ORGANIZATION IN EUROPE WHICH I WILL NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN RETRIEVING THE FUND AND
GOLD AND WISH TO INVEST WITH YOUR COMPANY IF WE AGREE WITH MY PROPOSITION. KNOW
THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS VALUED AT $40MILLION AND GOLD BAR,
QUANTITY – 150KG QUALITY - 22. CARATS + PURITY - 94.22%

IF YOU CAN FOLLOW THE NEWS REGARDING THE LIBYA GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WHO SMUGGLED
THE SUM OF EUROS980MILLION TO NIGER, $660,000MILLION AND ONE TRUCK LOAD OF GOLD AND
DIAMOND TO NIGER REPUBLIC WHERE THEY WANT TO SEEK ASYLUM WITH GADDAFFI YOU CAN
SEE THAT EVERYBODY IS TAKING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE FAILED
GOVERNMENT. SO YOU MUST KEEP EVERYTHING TO YOURSELF.

I WILL GIVE YOU THE FURTHER DETAILS LATER. YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO SOME PERCENTAGE
FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO MANAGE ANY INVESTMENT YOU MAY INTRODUCE. IF YOU ARE
INTERESTED, PLEASE WRITE BACK AND I WILL PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS AND IF YOU ARE THEN
SATISFIED WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE DEAL.

FINALLY, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MUST BE CONCLUDED WITHIN REASONABLE TIME FRAME
THEREFORE YOUR PROMPT REPLY IS ESSENTIAL.

MR. HUSAIN MAJED.
THANK YOU.

KINDLY RESPOND TO ME IF YOU KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE THIS DEAL,THIS IS COMPLETE DEAL
AND MUST BE KEPT HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET WHICH I WANT US TO URGENTLY AS
THE FUND IS CURRENTLY IN SAFE DEPOSIT WHICH WILL BE DISCLOSED TO YOU UPON YOUR
RESPONDE AND READINESS TO WORK

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