419 scam: Alin Musah <alinmusah001@gmail.com> CAN I GIVE YOU THIS TRUST!!!!.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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.
- alinmusah@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Alin Musah <alinmusah001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alinmusah@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:16:59 +0000
Subject: CAN I GIVE YOU THIS TRUST!!!!.

FROM: MR ALIN.
Audit/Account Section.
African Development Bank.
(A.D.B.)Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.

Dear Friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well.

Please be informed that I have decided to contact you for a fund
transfer transaction worth the sum of US $ 9,300,000.00,into your
reliable bank account as the sole NEXT-OF-KIN to the foreign deceased
customer of our bank (an International Billionaire French Businessman)
who was killed with his entire family by PLANE-CRASH in Central
England almost 5 years ago.

Since his death occurred, no body have show up as his next of kin for
the claim because the account is untraceable. Upon the investigation I
carried out from his records, I found out that his foreign business
consultant who would have trace the account died earlier before the
deceased.Therefore, this is a confidential and sealed deal. For the
success of this transaction, you should apply and act as the only
existing NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased which our bank will replace the
deceased account information through proper documentation in position
of your own account.

This transaction is risk-free, it will never harm your good reputation
in your society because no one can trace the account, and on the
instant of the transfer of the fund into your account, the chapter of
this transaction will be closed entirely. Note that in a business of
this nature, the bank don't want to know your difference between the
deceased country, religion or believe because our bank inheritance law
is against that.

So, it is a preference for us achieve this success without any
problem.Please note down that once the fund get transferred into your
account, you will take 39% of the total sum while the rest will be for
me as I will arrange myself down to your country to take my share. I
need your urgent response and include your private telephone/mobile
numbers for easy communication.

Please reply if you can be trusted in this deal. N/b,Pls reply me with
this email (alinmusah@yahoo.com).

Thanks,

Mr Alin

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