419 scam: "Mr.Yusuf Al-Hassan"<alhassanmajid@ymail.com> I need Your Assitant ( Plaese Raed and 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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Yusuf Al-Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <habbib@mybestmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0100
Subject: I need Your Assitant ( Plaese Raed and Reply)

Greetings to You,

I am sorry to use this medium to contact you as we have never meet before, my name is (Mr. Yusuf Al-Hassan), I am the only son of Eng: Mohamed Al-Hassan, am international contractor based in Libya and Ghana.

I was studying law at the University in London before the political crisis in my country which unfortunately claimed the life of my beloved ones and living me in this frustrating / painful condition.

Please listen to this and try to keep it to yourself only, before the death of my father he has a company in Ghana and also in Italy and Libya, he did some contract with Italian government through their embassy in Ghana and the contract funds worth of is US$ 3.8m (three million eight hundred thousand United States dollars) and he deposited this funds with Central Bank of Italy which I have all the legal documents.

He also deposited 55 Kilos of gold dust with a security company here in Accra-Ghana, after the death of my father I traveled to Ghana with all the documents concerning the funds with the death certificate of my father because I cannot travel to Italy because I don?t have a passport now, so I have to come to Ghana first, when I arrive here I went the Italian Embassy with all the documents and the Ambassador looked into the documents and make some calls to Italy for confirmation, after that he confirm to me that the my claims are true.

They told me that I cannot make direct claim because my name is not in the paper as the next of kin, the Ambassador advised me to go and look for a foreign beneficiary who can stand for me as my late father business partner so that the funds and gold can be release.

I am contacting and pledging with you to come and stand as my late father?s business partner so that the bank can release the funds to us.

I want you to tell me how many % that you will like to take from the total amount.

I await your swift reply.

Regards,

Mr. Yusuf Al- Hassan
+233-541-809-086

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