419 scam: "Mr. Hamdan Bin Musa"<test@vps.n00.jp> BUSINESS PROPOSAL

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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.
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.
- hamdanbinmusa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hamdan Bin Musa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hamdanbinmusa@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 02:35:39 -0500
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am Mr. Hamdan Bin Musa. I am writing you this email on behalf of my employers who is interested in working with you after getting your contact information from an Internet directory My employers are businessmen/politician based in Africa. I represent clients who wish to convert her assets into investments and after looking at the growth prospects we have decided to invest in your country.

We shall be considering several sectors with our main focus on Property Development, Loan and Equity Financing. We do need to register a new company and have a citizen as one of its directors and this is why my employer has asked me to contact you as we would like to work with you in accomplishing our investment aims in your country.

As I cannot ascertain if your email is still functional and if you will have interest in this process, I have kept the details short and simple.

Kindly contact me if you would like to work with us so that we can discuss further. You may reach me or my employer on the email address provided below, however as the details to be sent would be fairly large.

Email: (hamdanbinmusa@gmail.com)

I anticipate your response.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Hamdan Bin Musa

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