419 scam: "Abubakar Jibril"<abubakarjibril233@gmail.com> I need your reply

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Abubakar Jibril" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abubakarjibril233@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:28:11 -0700
Subject: I need your reply

Dear Friend,

How are you doing today? I am Abubakar Jibril,the former financial advicer to ousted President of Lybia, President Muammar Gaddafi who was killed in the 2011 Lybia Revolution.

Before he died,he instructed me to move over US$380,000,000.00 Million to his private banking system in Moscow, which I did for him, but after that I moved the sum of US$10,500,000.00 Million for myself somewhere in a bank.

I am contacting you now, so that you can help me invest the US$10,500,000.00 which I moved for myself, I am willing to give you 30 percent of the total funds, and the remaining 70 percent will be mine.

Please, get back to me quickly so that I can give you details on how we will conclude this transaction.

Regards,
Abubakar Jibril.

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