419 scam: "Mr Majid Asadi" <majidasadi01@gmail.com> TREAT AS URGENT,

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 Majid Asadi" <majidasadi01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: majidasadi0@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:03:40 +0200
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT,

FROM MAJID ASADI,
Greeting's to you and your family! I am (Mr Majid Asadi), the head of file
department of one Bank here.
In my department we discover an abandoned sum of ($10,500,000.00, Ten
Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ) in an account that belong to
one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in plane crash.
It is therefore upon this discovery that i now decided to make this
business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin
or relation to the deceased for the safety and subsequent disbursement
since nobody is coming for it. I agree that 45% of this money will be for
you, and 55% would be for me. Then after the money is been transferred
into your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your
kind control.

You have to contact my bank directly as the real next of kin of this
deceased account with next of kin application form. You have to send me
those your information below to enable me use it and get you next of kin
application form from bank, so that you will contact bank for the transfer
of this money into your bank account in country. Your Full
Name............ Your Home Address...House No. Your Age... Your Personal
Number........ Sex....... Receiving Country.........
Occupation...Service........

I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further for the
transfer.

Yours faithfully,
With respect
Mr Majid Asadi

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