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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.

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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 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.
  • hassan_abdullan2006@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ABDULLA HASSAN" <hassanbig_unclehassan@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: abdullan_hassan@yahoo.ca
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 14:00:55 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

From: Mr.Abdulla Hassan.



My name is Abdulla Hassan, A Senegalese national I have been diagnosed with

Oesophageal cancer .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 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 a 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, Somalia 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 etc 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 leftfor them. The

last of my money

which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of Eighteen Million

dollars($18,000,000,00) that I have with a finance House abroad. I

will want you to help me collect this deposit and despatch it to charity

organizations.

N/B:KINDLY NOTE THAT 20% of this funds must go to the tsunami victims

and another 15% for your effort and time.


Regards,

Mr.Abdulla Hassan.

I WOULD WANT YOU TO REACH ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL IF YOU ARE WILLING. ALTERNATIVE ADDRESS. hassan_abdullan2006@myway.com

TO ASSIST ME.



- abdulla hassan

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