419 scam: "Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan."<test@glklub.com> URGENT HELP NEEDED..

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrhabbibalhassan@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:45:54 -0600
Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED..

Greetings to You,

I am sorry to use this medium to contact you as we have never meet before, my name is (Mr. Habbib Al-Hassan), I am the only son of Mohamed Al-Hassan, a government contractor in Libya.

I was studying law at the University before the political crisis in my country which unfortunately it claimed the life of my beloved ones and living me in this frustrating / painful condition.

Please listen to this and try to keep it to yourself only. Before the death of my father he deposited some money in a bank in Accra-Ghana without any next of kin, the amount is US$ 3.8m (three million eight hundred thousand United States dollars) with 15 kilos of gold bar. I have the deposit slip of the fund and the death certificate of my father here with me.

After the death of my father I traveled to Ghana with all the documents concerning the funds with the death certificate of my father, when I get to the bank I meet with the bank manager and tender all the documents to him, the bank manager examined all the documents and confirm that the deposit is still in tight waiting for the beneficiary.

They told me that I cannot make direct claim because my name is not in the paper as the next of kin, the bank manager advised me to go and look for a foreign beneficiary who can stand for me as my late father business partner so that the fund can be release.

I am contacting and pledging with you to come and stand as my late father’s business partner so that the bank can release the funds to us.
I want you to tell me how many % that you will like to take from the total amount.

I await your swift reply.
Regards,
Mr. Habbib Al- Hassan.
Phone: +233549577221

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