419 scam: Habina Ghazi <ks8030@hotmail.com> Please read and reply now.

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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.
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.
- habinaghazi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Habina Ghazi <ks8030@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <habinaghazi@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 21:48:00 +0000
Subject: Please read and reply now.

Hello I am Miss. Habina Ghazi Al-Sadiq, 19yrs old Female a citizen of South Sudan,East Africa . My father Engineer Ghazi Al-Sadiq was the former federal Minister of Guidance and Endowments and other Top government officials among 32 killed in plane crash on 19, 08, 2012. You can find more of my story through the, http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/19/world/africa/sudan-plane-crashAfter the death of my father, my step-mother and uncle conspired and sold my father's properties and shared the money among themselves and leave nothing for me. Meanwhile before the death of my father he deposited a sum of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollar ($4.5M) in one of the banks here in Burkina Faso, and my step-mother and uncle are fighting to claim the money without my knowledge. I traveled down to Burkina Faso to claim the money so that I can relocate to another country and start a new and better life and further my study. I need your help to receive the money and help me relocate to your country and after that i will give you 20% of the $4.5m for your help. if you are interested in helping me kindly send your reply to my personal email address: habinaghazi@yahoo.com I am waiting for your response.Yours Sincerely,Miss. Habina Ghazi

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