419 scam: "Mohammed Ali Yusufu"<mohamed@sify.com> Re: Greetings how are you doing?

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Ali Yusufu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammedyusufu228@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 16:45:13 -0600
Subject: Re: Greetings how are you doing?

Good Day,

I am Mohamed Yusufu, former secret Financial Adviser and Overseas Funds Disbursement Agent to Mr. Naguib Sawiris, and Hosni Mubarak;
Egypt's richest man and former president respectively.

Mr. Sawiris secretly assigned me to facilitate movement overseas a total sum of USD2.4Billion of President Mubarak’s wealth few days into
the 2011 Arab Spring/Revolution, sensing the eventually toppling of the Mubarak's government and his current imprisonment. You can confirm
this on the websites below:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8038551-19-secret-jets-arrive-dubai-from-cairo-carrying-wealthy-families

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-violence-20110204,0,4584054.story

I successfully secured bulk of the USD2.4Billion in Financial Instruments in Switzerland, UK, Indonesia, Dubai, Accra Ghana and the
New York and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges on proxy basis to disguise the real ownership. The total sum of USD40.5Million Interest/Dividend from
the short term Accra Ghana/UK Investments has matured for immediate payment to my nominated Proxy Beneficiary. Thus I am proposing to
present you as the nominated proxy beneficiary and my secret partner to receive this initial USD40.5Million; with 30% offer for your role.

Please reply with your telephone number for further details.

Regards,

Mohamed Yusufu (Financial Consultant, London UK).

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