419 scam: "MUSTAFA KHALID"<infofninfo@gmail.com> YOUR HELP IS NEEDED PLEASE.

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MUSTAFA KHALID" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fninfofn2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 02:01:42 -0700
Subject: YOUR HELP IS NEEDED PLEASE.

Good Day,

My name is Mustafa Khalid and I am writing you from Accra, Ghana. I am originally from Sierra Leone, but leaving in Ghana as a Refugee..I came to Ghana because of the war that took place in my country some years back and I want to assume you heard about the war that destroy the greater part of my country and took the lives of so many people. Due to the crisis in my country coupled with the assassination of my late father who was killed by the REBELS of War Veteran Association in SIERRA LEONE who are calling for the white collection of farm land from all white and black settlers in my country which is wrong.

I call you in respect of my late father`s consignment trunk box in NEW YORK, which I want you to assist me and stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive this consignment over there in NEW YORK. This consignment trunk box contains $5.7 MILLION USD and alluvial family Gold Dust:98%"23 Karat, which is presently under a Diplomatic Custody in NEW YORK,Mr. Richard Mewborn from Alabama United State, who was suppose to receive this consignment in NEW YORK from the diplomat, Was demanding for 50% as he noticed that my father is late which I and my mother did not agree on, that was why we have to stop the delivery to him immediately, and search for another Beneficiary who can help us on this since we can not make a trip to US.

I will give you 30% for the total fund involve for your assistance, because that was the former agreement my late father had with our foreign partner Mr. Richard before he later changed his mind because of his greed that is why I and my mother put a stop to the delivery to him, Please I will like you to keep this very confidential between you and Khalid`s Family because of the amount of money involved and I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free.please, we humbly need your assistance because I want to use this money to invest into REAL ESTATE and further my education and have a better life over there with my family in your country. We solicit your kind assistance to help us and I hope to hear from you as soon as possible so that we can proceed,

Thanks and God Bless you,

Yours Sincerely,
Mustafa Khalid.

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