419 scam: "Mr. Gamal Hosni" <tonnymomoh01@yahoo.com> Hope to hear from you

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gamal Hosni" <tonnymomoh01@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: gamalhosni@live.com
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:39:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hope to hear from you

Dear Friend,

My name is Gamal Hosni from Cairo Egypt a son to former Egyptian president, the (PA) Personal Assistance to Ahmed Shafiq the new prime minister of Egypt, who was the formal Aviation Minister. Am sure you might have heard and seen what is happening in our country both on news and internet presently as our president has refused to change power.

All the ministers and government officials are running for their lives now as they Army has taken over, I want to transfer 15.5 Million United State Dollars out of United Kingdom under your care and for investment purpose which is deposited at RED CROSS Security COMPANY in United Kingdom as Egyptians government are trying to liaise with British government to confiscating all my families belongings,I canâ€™t make phone calls but can write email from our country as the new Army government is monitoring our entire past President MUBARAK aids.Therefore I call on you to assist me receive this fund in your country, to enable me come and start up another life with my family and invest with it as my boss has run away with his family too, and advice that I should make sure I secure this fund out side Unite Kingdom for confiscation.

Let me know your interest to help me secure this in your country as the only means to ransfer the fund is by Diplomatic means here in United Kingdom which I will inform you subsequently on how to contact him for the next line of action.You can tell me your interest and percentage you can accept to help me in this. Please send me your reply to my private email at: gamalhosni@live.com

I wait for your urgent response.

Regards,

Mr. Gamal Hosni.

Email:gamalhosni@live.com

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