419 scam: Hassan Al Selah <officdatass@gmail.com> Attention dear, i need your urgent 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:

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:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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.
- hassanalsaleh90@kimo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Hassan Al Selah <officdatass@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hassanalsaleh90@kimo.com
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:21:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention dear, i need your urgent reply

Dear Sir,

I know this might come to you as a surprise, but I want you to consider my situation as you read.Â I am Hassan Al Selah, one of the special advisers to the President of Libya President Gaddafi, Iâ€™m presently seeking asylum in a neighbouring country with my family, president Gaddafi is looking for me to kill because I refuse to buy ammunition to kill the citizens,Â rather,Â I advised him to step down so he sees me as a traitor and want to take my life,Â the citizens are being killed like animals and there is serious war going on in Libya this is beyond what you watch on CNN, president Gaddafi,Â does not listen to anyone, he is heartless and wicked, he killed my wife, burnt down my house,Â froze my account, I am financially handicap.Â

Â I cannot do anything because my movement is restricted and monitored and I have to disguise my identity from people to be on a safe side.

Â Why I am contacting you is that I will need your assistance to receive the sum of $8,500,000.00. {Eight million Five Hundred thousand dollars}, which was given to me to purchase ammunition.Â I deposited the money in a finance company that is the only hope I have for survival. I want to present you as the beneficiary of the fund in the finance vault; I will procure the legal document that will prove you as the beneficiary of the fund to enable you receive the fund in your country. You are entitled to 40% of the total sum, 10% to cover any expenses that we might incur while 50% will be for me and family.Â

If itâ€™s interest you to assist me kindly get back to me with the following information which will be use to procure the document that will prove you as the
beneficiary of the fund.

YOUR FULL
NAME AND ADDRESS
CONTACT
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS
YOUR
AGE/OCCUPATION AND MARITAL STATUS
A COPY OF
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERâ€™S LICENSE

Â If you are not interested kindly destroy this letter and do not disclose the content I beg of you.
Do respond to this email: <hassanalsaleh90@kimo.com>

Regards
Hassan Al Selah,Â

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