419 scam: "Hammad"<bashirhammad94@yahoo.com> SALAAM,WAIT FOR 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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hammad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hammad.bashir30@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:55:03 +0400
Subject: SALAAM,WAIT FOR URGENT REPLY.....

Good day,

I am bashir hammad based in united kingdom I saw your address in one of daily gulf news Espace real estate And with what I read through your profile I saw your company as a standard and trust worthy firm, that one can deal with,

I have a plan of coming to invest in your country mostly in your field operating a very good business as a means of investment abroad. of which I need a responsible and honest person to handle this project for me because of my position at work, My preference is any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate any good ideas you could come up with.
And the money is in security company for saved keeping, Which I will want you to received this money in your country on my behalf, After the deed of agreement and memorandium of understand and used the fund for investment together, In the area of any investment in your country And I can instruct the company to moved the money to you in your country for the investment you will advice to do in your country, for you to stand as the owner of the investment in your country.

I am personal assistance to my boss, for we work together for many years hence he was the one behind all I have today, because he carry me along in all his crude oil bussines in rich oil countries of africa the fund I have raised for this project came from the last deal we had eight mouths ago . So what I will want you to do, is to mail me back to know what u have in stock,
And You are therefore advised to send the following information to me. Full name, Country, Contact Address, Telephone Number, Marital Status, Occupation, Company, and Age.

So that I can forward it to the security company that the money was kept for saved keeping, That you are my beneficiary to received the money on my behalf in your country., known that in all your assistance you are getting a reasonable percentage and of which you are standing as the owner of this project.

Whatever your decision,I wait for a prompt and urg! ent responds, thanks

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