419 scam: Mr Ahmed Hosni <hosni_ahmed63@yahoo.com.ve> Reply My Mail Pls.

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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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Ahmed Hosni <hosni_ahmed63@yahoo.com.ve>
Reply-To: ahmed_hosni1961@maktoob.com
Date: Sun, 16 May 2010 16:56:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Reply My Mail Pls.

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My name is Mr Ahmed Hosni,

A Banker in one of the reputable
Bank here in my Country . I have decided to contact you on a business proposal
of $9.3M (
Nine Million, Three Hundred
Thousand United
States Dollars ).

The
depositor of the said fund died with his wife and children in a crash. The
deceased customer used his wife as the next of kin but unfortunately, The wife
died along side with him leaving nobody for the claim.

According to our
Banking law, If the fund remain unclaimed for three (3) Years then the fund will
be transferred into the reserve Bank as unclaimed Bill. And I don't want the
fund to go into the Bank's treasury and as such, let us claim the fund
now.

I want to present you as his
business partner so that the Bank will transfer the fund into your Bank account for
us to share it.Your percentage will be
40% while 50% will be for me. Then
10% will be used for expenses and to install a joint
company in your country which will bear our names in particular and whatever
profit made out from this company will be used in helping the less privileges,
motherless babies home and charity
organization in the world.

As an insider in this Bank, I assure
you that, this transaction is 100% risk free and legal. And it success will
bring your family and mine to an everlasting relationship in future.

The transaction will take us
only 14 Bank working days depending on your swift response. If you are willing
to do the transaction with me, Contact me for more details and give
me your Private Email id............. / Phone no............... /
Age............. for confidential reasons.

Thanks for your co-operation,
Mr
Ahmed Hosni.
Senior Staff Manager.

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