419 scam: "Andy Hassan"<andy_hassan@yahoo.com.hk> Attention 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:

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:
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- barr.andyhassan@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Andy Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.andyhassan@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:25:47 -0800
Subject: Attention Please,

Attention Please,

First and foremost I will like to introduce my good self to you as Andy Hassan,the Legal Adviser to Late Mr.Davis Abbas,well known Oil Cartel in Tripoli,Libya during the regime of Late Gaddafi.

I have decided to use this quick medium to extend a prosperous business interest to you that will be a good benefit for both of us and our families in future.
Before the Death of my late boss,a huge amount of 25m (Twenty Five Million US Dollar) was being deposited in Bank Diplomatory Warehouse in accra-Ghana which I am a witness to the deposit.
Authoritatively,As the legal adviser,I have all the vital information/contacts to move from the Institution in the ACCRA through the assitance of a foreign firm as it was being undersigned by my boss,that the deposited fund can be release out with a letter of recommendation that I know you as the fund manager.

to have your urgent response as I am passing through the pains I got from the authority incharge in tripoli before I was being released that made me to flew to accra-Ghana to ask for a political asylum the failed General Muammar Gaddafi.

I wait your urgent response for business relationship.

Thanks
Andy Hassan.

Please I advise you urgently get back to me to alert me on your readiness to take up this transaction to avoid getting any third pary involved.This is a number to reach me at any given time. 233 243 882 482

barr.andyhassan@yahoo.com.hk

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