419 scam: wasiu mohamed <wasiumohamed22@yahoo.com> Re: YOUR EMAIL REQUIRES URGENT AUTHENTICATION

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- wasiumohamed22@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: wasiu mohamed <wasiumohamed22@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: YOUR EMAIL REQUIRES URGENT AUTHENTICATION

Dear Vog,

What is the meaning of this thing you are sending to me? if you are not interested in receiveing your draft kindly get back to me urgent.

Mr.Wasiu.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We apologise for intercepting your email and sending you this automated reply.

Due to the huge amount of spam and marketing emails, we have recently introduced an email spam/filter control system at germanmail. This is to ensure that only authorised users can email and contact our clients.

Only approved incoming email addresses will now be permitted to contact our client email accounts. If you would like to be added to our list of approved senders, please fill out the short request form (see link below). Once we have approved your email details, we will forward your original message to the intended inbox. You do not need to re-send your message. We apologise for this one-time inconvenience.

Please use the following link to permanently approve your email contact details:

http://spam.izone.me.uk/sp.pl?i=20050802164745&e=wasiumohamed22@yahoo.com

Thank you for your understanding.

www.germanmail.info
Mail Website for Germany!

Deutsche Medien & Informationen. http://dino-online.allesklar.de/

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