419 scam: "Mr. Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi" <Bam19@hgregr.jp.tn> Business Transaction from Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- ",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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi" <Bam19@hgregr.jp.tn>
Reply-To: <baghdadi.mahmudi733@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 20:03:00 +0100
Subject: Business Transaction from Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi

Attention Sir:

My name is Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi, former Secretary to the General People's Committee of Libya in late Col. Muammar Gaddafi Government in Libya. I was one of the personal assistance to late Libya head of state Col. Muammar Gaddafi who was eliminated on 20th October 2011, by rebel. My good self and other personal aides were taking into house arrest by leadership of the new government till date. I was his confidential personnel, charged with the responsibility of secret business deals ranging from exportation of Gold, diamond, Alluvial Gold bar/dust and exportation of millions of foreign currencies to foreign banks.

There is â‚¬20,000,000, Euros, (Twenty Million Euros) which I assisted him to lodge in a secrete vault in Canada. On your acceptance to assist in evacuation of this fund, you will have 50% for your assistance. While the rest shall be kept in an account that you will have to establish in my wives name. I will send you some documents with which you will effectively claim the funds from the vault managers in Toronto.

The money is currently deposited in a private vault in Canada as mentioned above and has nothing whatsoever to do with my incarceration . Also be assured that this money is free from any form of illegality, drug, terrorism and money laundering. If you are interested in this project, feel free to contact me immediately. I will be delighted if you will update me with your private mobile phone number for easy communication.An arrangement has been made with the vault managers in Toronto, to assist in evacuation of the money to any bank of your choice any where in the world.

Finally, understand you have to treat this transaction as confidential for security reasons because human beings can be very jealous and wicked so, it will not be wise disclosing this transaction to anyone as it may jeopardize all my efforts made to secure this fund in a foreign Bank and my wife will have no communication with you until you have cleared the funds from the vault to a safer location and in your name.

I await your urgent response.

My Regards.

Baghdadi Ali Mahmudi.

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