419 scam: "Michael Hansen"<hansenm387@sohu.com> From Michael Hansen

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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)
- "i will like you to " (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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- cmb_martin@126.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michael Hansen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hansenm38@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 03:16:50 -0700
Subject: From Michael Hansen - 10/10/2013)j

Dear Friend

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I sent you this
email regarding our unfinished multi-million-dollar business proposal which we
never concluded. I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-
million-dollar business of ten Million five hundred thousand dollars only
(USD 10,500,000.00) original deposited with HSBC bank London has been concluded
with the assistance of another partner from Venezuela who financed the
transaction to a logical conclusion and was finally paid out to us from HSBC
London reserved account with China merchants bank.

I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your
account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform
you that I have successfully transferred the fund into my new partner's account
in Venezuela, who was eventually capable of assisting me in this great venture.

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust you showed during the course
of the transaction and for using your name and particulars in securing all the
approved document of the transaction,I want to compensate and show my gratitude
to you with the sum of five hundred thousand dollars USD500,000.00 which I have
inssured in a bounded non resident online bank account with China
merchants bank.

My dear friend, I will like you to contact the fund manager of China merchants
bank Mr. Martin Lee on his direct email address

Contact Person: Martin Lee
China merchants bank
Email: cmb_martin@126.com

I authorized him to release the money to you whenever you contact him. At the
moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects which I and my
new partner are having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this token
with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, Also comply with
Mr. Martin Lee's directives so that he will release the money to you without any
delay.

Therefore, you should send him

A) your full Name_____________________
B) full Current Address_______________
C) current telephone number___________

so that he will perfect and release the money to you.

Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as
you receive the money.

Thank you,
Michael Hansen.

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