419 scam: "Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan."<mrhabbibi@hotmail.com> URGENT HELP NEEDED.

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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.
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.
- mrhabbib@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrhabbib@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:08:12 -0600
Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED.

Greetings to You,

I am apologetic to use this intermediate to get in touch with you as we have never meet before, my name is (Mr. Habbib Al-Hassan), I am the only son of Mohamed Al-Hassan, a government contractor in Libya.

I was studying law at the University of Ghana before the political crisis in my country which unluckily claimed the life of my beloved ones and living me in this frustrating / painful condition.

Please listen to this and try to keep it to yourself only. Before the death of my father he deposited some money in a bank in Accra-Ghana without any next of kin, the amount is US$7.5m (seven million five Hundred thousand dollar)

I am contacting and pledging with you to come and stand also pay the operating expense as my late father’s business partner so that the bank can release the funds to us.
I want you to tell me how many % that you will like to take from the total amount, and also send me your Full Name, Direct Phone number and Home address,

I await your swift reply.
Regards,
Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan.
Phone: +233549577221
Email: mrhabbib@aol.com

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