419 scam: "barr. Madhu Hakeem"<justus202@yahoo.com> Dear Friend

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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:

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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- hmadhuhakeem@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barr. Madhu Hakeem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hmadhuhakeem@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 19:48:03 +0800
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend First let me introduce myself. My name is Madhu Hakeem. I am the attorney to the son of Libyan leader Col Mommar Gaddafi. I am sure you must have heard about the revolution that happened in my country. as you can see on the following links: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WCp5rxNa1k (Preview) This has prompted me to leave the country to Ghana in African . Now the reason of writing to you, As a trusted aid and personal lawyer to the son of the Libyan leader Col Mommar Gaddafi. We have secured the total of US$159,000,000(ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE MILLION UNITED DOLLARS ONLY) from access crude oil account, this fund was pulled out on the heat of this crises that happened in Libya. said fund was deposited in Security vault in Spain by Jose william Sarfo. Now the regime of Col Gaddafi and his son is over,am looking for a partner that will help me to secure the fund which is presently in Spain, Am ready to give you 40% of the total sum because Mr jose William is disturbing me to come and claim the fund because of Spain Financial crises. I have all the papers to help us in getting the fund from Spain. Please if you are interested in this transaction, urgently respond so that I can brief you in details and give you the contact of the security Vault. But if you are not interested, please treat the email as it never comes to you. Get back to me with this email address(hmadhuhakeem@yahoo.com.ph) This is confidential and must not be discussed by the third party or unauthorized person(s) looking forward to hearing from you. Regard. Barr Madhu Hakeem

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