419 scam: "Mr. Mohammed Y. Rasouli"<test@tsnc.edu.cn> Pardon my intrusion

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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!

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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 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.
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.
- mohammed.rasouli@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <mohammedyunusrasouli@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 00:57:41 +0200
Subject: Pardon my intrusion

Dear Sir.

Pardon my intrusion; my name is Mohammed Yunus Rasouli, the deputy governor of Farah Province in Afghanistan. Please, I have an obscured proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us.

On Friday 30th of March, a radical group of Taliban fighter attacked an Afghan out post patrol to cause a diversion because they were transporting valuable materials which included huge amount of cash funds raised from Kidnapping and drugs to Pakistan and almost achieved their goal, because both the Nato and Afghan forces directed all their attention to trapping the group of insurgents.

Go to link for more information: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/us-afghanistan-attack-idUSBRE82T05M20120330

But then information got to me that a truck transporting valuables are about to depart to Pakistan and I was able to arrange an interception and the valuables was confiscated to a remote location.

In total, about US$28.9 million was confiscated and are presently detained in a very remote location where I have chosen to ensure security. Now, my present situation will not allow me to declare the funds to the police because of the fact that the procedure followed to confiscation the truck and the funds was not in our mandatory procedure as a lot of Afghan top executives are been watched for corruption and other things like support to the Taliban.

The purpose of writing you is to find out from you, if you will be able to help me receive the said funds and deposit the funds into a secured bank or security vault until my term as deputy governor is over.

I will appreciate your discretion in this matter to ensure confidentiality. If you are willing to assist, I will be glad to discuss the procedure with you, though I have decided that for your assistance or partnership, you should be entitled to 35% of the total funds, please let me know immediately.

If you are willing, please send me an email A.S.A.P. with your contact telephone to the email address: mohammed.rasouli@yahoo.com.

Best regards,
Mohammed Yunus Rasouli

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