419 scam: "Alhaji Ahmed Hassan." <ahmed@yahoo.com> IN GOOD FAITH!!!

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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:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",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)
This email message is a "dying merchant" 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.
- ahmedhassan454@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alhaji Ahmed Hassan." <ahmed@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ahmedhassan454@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:20:13 +0100 (CET)
Subject: IN GOOD FAITH!!!

Dear Beloved,

As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me,
because,I believe everyone will die one-day. My name is
AHMED HASSAN a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E. I have been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer and It has defiled all
forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about
a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never
really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business.
Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always
hostile to people and only focused on my business as that
was the only thing I cared for.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more
to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in
the world.I believe when God gives me a second chance to
come to this world I would live my life in a different way
from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have
willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate
and extended family members as well as few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have
decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to
be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E,
Algeria, South-Africa, Uganda and Malaysia.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this
myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one
of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to
charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused
and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them. The last of my
money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
Twenty One Million Dollars ($21,000,000,00) that I have with
a Bank in europe.

I want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched
it to charity organizations. So that this would be one of the
good deeds i have done on earth, Moreover i have set aside 25%
for you and for your time.

For Full Details Please send your response to my alternative
Email address;ahmedhassan454@gmail.com
God be with you.
Yours Sincerely
Alhaji Ahmed Hassan.

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