419 scam: Howard Hassan Abdul I need you assistance.

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a orphan scam.
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.
- h.hassan.hgl1@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Howard Hassan Abdul
Reply-To: <h.hassan.hgl1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:46:49 +0200
Subject: I need you assistance.

Good day, you may be surprise to receive this email since you donâ€™t know me in Person, but with due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this proposal. I am Mr. Howard Hassan the son of late Mr. S Howard of Darfur in South Sudan. It is indeed My pleasure to contact you for assistance for a business venture which I intend to Establish in your country.

I need you assistance to move the sum of (US$18 Million.) EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) which my late Father deposited with a private Security Company here in South Africa awaiting claim before he was assassinated by Unknown persons during this war in Darfur Sudan.

Now I have decided to invest the money in your country or anywhere safe for security Reasons. I want you to help me retrieve the money for onward transfer to any Designated bank account of your choice for investment purposes I will then furnish you with more details and I have mutually agreed to compensate ,You with 30% of the total sum which will be your own share for assisting me, and 5% For any expenses that might be incurred by both parties in the course of the Transaction. Then the remaining 65% will be for me and my family, which you will help us to invest in your country.

Kindly send me your contact number, Full name, Age and Address if you are willing to help

I wait for your kind consideration to my proposal.

My Contact Number:0027-742-395-939.

My E-Mail Address:h.hassan.hgl1@hotmail.com

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Howard Hassan.

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