419 scam: "TARIQ NAZIR."<nazirltariq@ymail.com> CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY 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:

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: "TARIQ NAZIR." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nazirtariq772@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:14:29 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY PLEASE.

Greetings Dear Sir,
You may be surprise to receive my letter though. Please do not be annoyed.
I would like to develop a business relationship with you by establishing a trust
agreement where you shall hold, manage, invest and distribute all assets received
from me in trust and the proceeds there from, under a term of the trust agreement.

My name is TARIQ LILONGWE NAZIR, I was a Personal Assistant to the embattled
Democratic Republic of Congo Rebel Leader from Nord Kivu, General LAURENT NKUNDA, who
was captured and arrested on the On 22nd January 2009 by the Rwandan joint military
forces for war crimes in the DRC, I write to you because I need a trustworthy and
honest person who I can entrust with the sum of Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand
USA Dollars.

I and the general secured this money in a security firm ABROAD, in my name before his
arrest.

Now I can not travel out of BENIN REPUBLIC, where I am on asylum, I am asking for
your assistance to have this money in your care until I secure travel documents to
come over to your country. I have the title document to the lodgment of the fund.
This is genuine and legitimate. Please advise me on your position

I await your prompt reply.

Regards,

TARIQ LILONGWE NAZIR.

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