419 scam: Ghassan Hadi <ghassanhadi02@gmail.com> DESK OF MR GHASSAN HADI? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TOO.

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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)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "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)
- "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: Ghassan Hadi <ghassanhadi02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ghassanhadi01@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 06:24:37 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: DESK OF MR GHASSAN HADI? HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TOO.

Dear Friend,

Good day to you, I know that my message will come to you as a
surprise, but never mind, I am Mr Ghassan Hadi A Manager in Bank
of Africa (BOA) in BOA Bank of Africa here in my country Burkina-Faso
west Africa, In my department here in the bank I discover an abandon
sum of $6.8Million United State Dollars, that belong to one of our
biggest customer here in this bank, who died years ago in a plane
crash with his family, I contacted you so that you will help me see
that the total sum of $6.8Million will be transfer into your account
in your country,

Upon the receipt of your reply and indication of your capability, i
will give you full details on how the business will be executed and
also note that you will have 45% of the above mentioned sum if you
agree to handle this business with me while 50% will be for me and 5%
for any expenses that may arise on the process, Because i don't want
anyone here in our bank to know my involvement until you confirm this
fund into your account and ask me to come over for the
sharing as i indicated.

Full Name.........................
Full Address ............................
Telephone .........................
Age / sex ......................
Occupation..........................

Thanks and have a nice day.
From Mr Ghassan Hadi

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