419 scam: "Mr. Mathan Sabeen"<mathansabeen@ymail.com> URGENT ATTENTION

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mathan Sabeen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.mathan_sabeen@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 20:23:27 -0400
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

From: Mathan Sabeen
Sabeen chambers and partners
Moscow-Russia.

Dear,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, it's just the urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.

I represent the interest of a client, Mrs.Olga Rybak the wife of late Vladimir Rybak who was assassinated by gun men in Ukraine, before his death he was the mayor of Sloyvansk city in the eastern part of Ukraine, his family is now living in fear and under house arrest, they are looking for a God fearing individual that will help them secure fund deposited in a security company in Ukraine.

Please visit this link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/ukraine-president-pro-russian-separatists-killing-politician

I was contacted by a catholic Priest in Ukraine to help this family find somebody that can help them and also invest the money for them until they are free to leave eastern Ukraine to start a new life.

Please contact me if you wish to help this family for further details.

Yours Sincerely,

Mathan Sabeen

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