419 scam: "MR GHAIAS KHANJI"<ghaias.khanji11@mail.ru> Greetings!!!

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- ",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)
- "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 GHAIAS KHANJI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ghaias.khanji12@mail.ru>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 04:11:33 -0700
Subject: Greetings!!!

Greetings!!!

I am MR.GHAIAS KHANJI, special aide to Hassan Turkmani, crisis management chief of Syria .You may have read or heard so many stories about him and also about the political uprising against President Assad since March 2011.

Kindly watch this link it will also help you to understand me more, Hassan Turkmani has amassed stupendous wealth before he was killed. Presently the western states have begun confiscating investments and assets belonging to the top officials of present government. You may have read similar news as posted in the link below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18897218

I am seeking your immediate assistance in securing some of his asset, which includes tons of gold bars and some physical cash valued Twenty five million United States Dollars only ($25,000,000.00 USD) as it stands now, there is no traceable link between this fund and the government both local and international. For now I need your urgent response because the money has been moved out of Syria which the UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL who assisted me to carry it out is waiting for me and I cannot go out of Syria now because the war is in the high side at the moment, please contact me by email to enable me give you the contact of the UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICIAL.Above all am willing to offer you 40% of this total fund.
On your respond please do provide your full contact such as: phone/full name/location to me.

Regards,
MR.GHAIAS KHANJI

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