419 scam: "Amina Hassan Garuba" <amin@cluemail.com> Hello

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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:
- "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)
- "my names are " (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.
- amina@mail2help.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Amina Hassan Garuba" <amin@cluemail.com>
Reply-To: amina@mail2help.com
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:05:19 +0100
Subject: Hello

Hello, =

I am a Muslim woman; and I strongly believe that strangers can be angels, a=
ll I need from you is honesty, I cannot lie to any one because it is agains=
t my religion.what am telling you is the truth and nothing but the truth, a=
nd please for my own security keep these matter to yourself. My names are A=
mina Hassan Garuba a wife to one of Gadaffi loyalist, I am writing you this=
email is because the trouble is too much for me and my kids, I am in exile=
with my family, I am being monitored, so I found Mr. muraki Bunara. He is =
a well-respected man and has a good job as cook in a five star hotel in (Tr=
ipoli) Libya years back, because of the trouble before the death of Gadaffi=
, he moved for his safety to Malaysia, another Asia Country. I have 7 ATM c=
ards, 3 are master while 4 are visa, we use them anytime we go abroad Ameri=
ca Europe Asia, and in each of the card I have over Two million dollars in =
each of them. =

With the help of Mr. muraki Bunara I sent out all my ATM cards out of Libya=
with him.Every day he removed total of $17,500 with all the cards and kept=
$2,500 for himself each day, I was not greedy, if he can assist me in doin=
g this, then why won=2019t I share with him? he saved $15,000 dollars daily=
for me; the point was to remove all the funds from all my cards because Ga=
daffi is dead, the banking system will changed/tampered as you can see toda=
y. =

After he willdraw the funds from all my card, he deposited $12.2Million Dol=
lars with the firm i directed him to in europe, and gave me all documents, =
Presently Mr. muraki Bunara, is dead the wife said to me, Please nobody Kno=
ws about what I have just told you If you can handle this for me, I will be=
so happy and make sure you will never forget me in life. Please I want to =
entrust this into your care for safe keeping, because I don't know if we wi=
ll come out of this trouble now that isis came up with diffrent problems, D=
o get back to me so I will know if the firm will be contacting you or you t=
o contact them to make claim of my funds. =

Thanks and regards =

Amina Hassan Garuba
Email: amina@mail2help.com

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