419 scam: "Hassan Abdul Tarak" <hassantarak253@gmail.com

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Hassan Abdul Tarak" <hassantarak253@gmail.com >
Reply-To: Hassan.abdul47@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2015 08:37:33 -0600
Subject: Investment Offer !

Perhaps the whole truth and nothing but the truth ! I am retiring in about 3-4 months time and in my present capacity, I know a lot about my nation's wealth and I also control a sizeable amount of influence over some of its payments overseas. As an oil producing nation, we keep a lot of slush funds overseas as we receive some payments in cash and one of such cash proceeds' outlet is in Guyana. The Guyana office is at the verge of closing down as the man running it is over 75years and has a terminal illment, and now he wants to retire back to Brazil.

The cash in the Guyana office stands at US$30M cash and I am the only one that is aware of this cash and I want to use this as my retirement benefit. I want to invest this money in your company and retire in a few months time hopefully to your country. All I need is your agreement that the money will be moved in your name to a trusted depository company in Europe for you to claim. The man in Guyana is just waiting for me to give him a name and he will do the movement and close down the office. The deposit will be in Europe within 48hrs of sending instructions. I am ready to give you 20% of the $30m while I keep 70% which will be invested in your company and 10% for expenses because I know you will travel and will be engaged in services.

However, I am happy to rehass the formula once more. If my proposition meets your request, as soon as the deposit lands in Europe, I will provide you with a copy of the Certificate of Deposit plus the contact details of the company. Then you can contact them and make your travel plans to go and make the claim. When you're done with making claims, upon your request, you shall be assisted with banking procedures to have the money deposited into your designated bank account. If my request meets your recommendations, please revert to me with your full contact details and a copy of your photo ID.

Looking forward to a successful business collaboration with you.

Allah Bless You !

Hassan Abdul Tarak
P.O Box 1413, Ruwi
Sultanate of Oman

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