419 scam: "Hannah Rachael." <hannahrachael20@gmail.com> From Miss Hannan Rachael,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hannah Rachael." <hannahrachael20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Hannah Rachael." <hananrachael@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 14:23:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Miss Hannan Rachael,

Â From Miss Hannan Rachael, Â

My name is Miss Hannan Rachael,25 years of age the only daughter of late oil dealer/International Contractor MR Alhaji Mohamad Shehata from Iraq.My late father was killed by a suicide bomber on the 16th day of

march 2004 on his way to Bagdad. Since the invasion of my beloved country Iraq by the Americans things has completely fallen apart.I am contacting you in respect of the total sum of $15,000,000.00(Fifteen

Million Dollars) which my late father deposited with a bank in Abidjan. He deposited this money during one of his visits there. Before his untimely death as if he had the premonition of his death, he handed over to me the deposit slip of fund..I cannot go out from Iraq. I am contacting you to help me in contacting the bank for the

the transfer of the money to your country for investment. For your assistance in this I have decided to give you the 30% of the total amount and apart from this you are going to be in charge of any investment we shall go into.For Security reasons our only means of communication for Â now must be through email.I am seriously praying

and waiting to get a positive and sincere response from you. Thanks and May ALLAH be with you.

Yours Sincerely, Â

Hannan Rachael,

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