419 scam: "Mrs Hope Hardison"<hophadison@usa.com> YOUR TRANSACTION PARTNERS !!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "levy " (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. )
- "huge amount of money" (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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- private.hopehardison@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Hope Hardison" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <private.hopehardison@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 21:11:18 +0200
Subject: YOUR TRANSACTION PARTNERS !!

>From The Desk of,
Mrs Hope Hardison
Contract/Inheritance Payment officer,
Wells Fargo Bank,
2 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA, United States

After a serious thought I decided to reach you directly and personally because I do not have anything against you but your Transaction Partners.

My Name is Mrs Hope Hardison,Executive Vice President Human Resources/Director of central computer/monitoring unit Wells Fargo Bank Atlanta Georgia ,Sometime in the past your Transaction Partners approached me through a friend of mine working with the United State Embassy and requested that I should assist them to conclude a money transfer deal,He gave me your personal details and told me to put them into our computer system in the central computing unit so that it will appear as if you are one of the genuine contractors/Fund Inheritance owner that have been cleared for payment.

According to them, the wanted to use this strategy to transfer a huge amount of money which the accumulated through inflated contract awards and the money has been floating in the Wells Fargo Bank since then.

The original contractors have been paid but the wanted to use your account to transfer the surplus,We agreed that once I do this, the would give me USD$100,000 and give me another USD$100,000 when i release funds to your account.

When the noticed that I have done that and your name legally approved among the list of those to be paid, instead of giving me the agreed fund,your transaction partners started avoiding me and resorted to threat, I have no option if not to delete the transfer access code only known to me as regards to my duty and released other approved fund beneficiaries without yours.

The became angered the more when the saw that their threat did not work,only to start bribing other officials to get another approval to transfer funds to you without success, approvals are free, is it not funny that an identified fund owner is being asked to pay one tax and levy or the other while his millions are here with us.

My contact to you is to inform you that I am 100% responsible for the delay and obstructions because of your partners breach of contract. If you doubt what I have just told you, pay any amount of money to them now after a short time he will come up with another reason to pay again and it goes on an on,your transaction partners are simply wicked and do not know where their problem lies.

If you want us to work together, these are my Conditions: -

1: I will be entitled to twenty percent of the total sum(USD$4,200,000.00), since it's just both of us left in the matter.

2: You will provide me your direct telephone mobile number and your private email to facilitate easy communication between you and I.

If you find these conditions acceptable, contact me at your earliest convenience via my direct and private email address:

private.hopehardison@yahoo.com

to enable us finalize arrangements and to empower further transfer to your nominated account after completion of the mandatory protocols,in case you're not interested, then I strongly advice you jettison the idea of receiving your funds and stop wasting your time with your so called partners.

Your prompt response is anticipated.

Best regards,

Mrs Hope Hardison

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