419 scam: "Dr . Ibrahim Hanna" <mncongonhas@transamerica.com.br> COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PASS EFFORT

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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)
- "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- allanmprivate@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr . Ibrahim Hanna" <mncongonhas@transamerica.com.br>
Reply-To: <jh120925@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 23:02:42 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PASS EFFORT

My Good Friend,

HOW ARE YOU? I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently. I am in Brazil for an investment project with my own share of the fund. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that we failed along the line. But still, I will never forget you and your kind gesture for having supported me then to finalize the transaction even though we could not make it.

I left an activated Cashier's check of $4.5 Million Dollars (USD) with my intermediary as a compensation to you and would like you to contact him immediately to enable him to send the Cashier's check to you. Here is his contacts;

NAME = ALAN MOHAMMED
EMAIL = < allanmprivate@yahoo.com >
PHONE = +1 (517) 618- 0186.

Kindly contact him immediately and ask him to send you the Cashier's check of $4.5 Million Dollars (USD) I kept under his care. I am compensating you for
the past efforts and attempts you made to assist me in this matter.

I sincerely appreciate all your efforts as at that time and asking you to feel free and get in touch with my intermediary MR. ALAN MOHAMMED and inform HIM where to send the Cashier's check to you. For your information, I made an oversight and forgot to leave some money with him to send the Cashier's check to you. Please you will assist him financially to send the Cashier's check to you.

Please, do let me know immediately you receive the Cashier's check so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings we went through at that critical period. At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects I and my new partner are having at hand.

Finally, I have given instruction to my intermediary on your behalf to send the Cashier's check to you as soon as you contact him, so feel free and get in touch with him and assist him financially to pay the delivery fees and send the Cashier's check to you without any delay.

Yours sincerely,

Dr . Ibrahim Hanna

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