419 scam: RASHA HASSAN <rasha.vine@live.com> YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS NEEDED TO ACTUALIZE THIS DREAM

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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)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- rashahassan855@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: RASHA HASSAN <rasha.vine@live.com>
Reply-To: <rashahassan855@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:57:21 +0000
Subject: YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS NEEDED TO ACTUALIZE THIS DREAM

Dear Friend,
I know that my email will come to you as a surprise but, I got your contact from the house of commerce here in Ghana during the search for a honest person and I deemed it necessary to contact you.Ever since my parents died,I have been with my Grand mum who just died on the 14th day of February and we have been managing to feed.Last year December 24th night,it was revealed to me by my Grand mother when I cried so heavily that some assets were deposited for me in the Vaults company and the order given by my late father before his death was that on no account will the Fund and Gold be released to me without a Trust worthy Foreign Beneficiary to assist me secure the fund box abroad because he, according to His Lawyer,does not want me to Invest here in my country because it was recorded by the company where he worked before he died that there were some FUND and GOLD in his custody before he died but when he noticed he was not going to survive the sickness,he decided to WILL those assets to me as their only successor.

Dear,I am a young and tender girl that will be 25 years by 9th December,2014 and I have gone through your profile and know that you are capable of helping me as a reputable man and when I read about you,I said to myself,this man agrees to take me as her daughter,I will be very happy.sir,I have not been able to take any action on this not until I saw your contact and was pleased to contact you.I know that the internet has been grossly abused by scam artists and miscreants whose intentions are to hurt people.But,In as much as one should be careful,the same time we should not allow the negative to kill the positive potentials in a realistic business.

I have chosen to reach you because I feel that business is taking risk going from the known to the unknown.Now,I want you to stand as my Legal Beneficiary of the assets only if you promise not to betray me during the transfer of the fund to you.I look forward to reading from from you as I am here to provide all the necessary documents required for the transfer. Email:rashahassan855@yahoo.com

Regards,
Miss Rasha Hassan Mohamed

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