419 scam: "Thorsen Hass"<ThorsenHass@gmail.com> Dear Friend, I Need Your Urgent Response

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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:
- ",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)
- "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Thorsen Hass" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thorsenhass@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:52:50 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend, I Need Your Urgent Response

Greetings Dear,

I apologize if my message does not suit your current status, my name is Mr. Thorsten Haas, I am a Citizen of Germany, happily married with two kids. I contacted you because I have interest of investing in your country into Real Estate business (i.e: Hotel, Lands and Tourism) as well as seek your services in a private and confidential. I am a Chartered Accountant and Chief Auditor here in our bank. On my routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of $10,000,000.00 U.S.D {TEN Million United Dollars Only}.

Note the following.

[1]Total investment fund is US$10 million.

[2]From the US$10 million, you will take US$1 million for your

Management, Contingency and initial expenses.

[3]The Balance US$9 million will go into the investment program.

[4]You will be entitled to 30% of all profit from the Investment program.

I write to seek your indulgence and assistance in transferring this fund to your country through legal means as repatriation of fund for Investment. I am proposing to make this transfer to a designated bank account of your choice in you

Regards

Thorsen Hass

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