419 scam: "Miss. Alia Hassan"<postmaster@almawakeb.sch.ae> $# PLEASE HELP ME

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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:
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- aliahassan7059@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss. Alia Hassan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aliahassan7059@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2016 20:41:16 -0300
Subject: $# PLEASE HELP ME

Hi,

My name is Mrs, Alia Hassan And also a 23 years old lady. am from Ivory Coast of West Africa.Based in Lome Togo, in respect of my late Father who died few years ago because of his dream. Late engineer Ibrahim Hassan who want to open a company, was attacked by on known man, and the people around rushed him to the hospital and he died. before his death he told me all his secret were he lunch (7.5 MILLION U.S DOLLAR) to enable me move forward in this transaction, remember that after the transaction i will give you 30% out of the total money.

The last word my late father told me is that he is not going to survive in the Inness, that i should look for a reasonable, responsibly person that will help him to achieve his dream.

my late Father Ibrahim Hassan told me that i should not spend this money in a wrong way . that i should make sure that i use this money and open acompany.

NOTE: THAT THIS IS A RISK FREE BUSINESS WITH ME AND YOU. only if you will trust your self and agree to help me to achieved my late Father vision. secondly i can not make calls because of my late Father relatives, they are around me and they watch my movement, they want to spend this money in a wrong way.

We will be only communicating through Email.( aliahassan7059@yahoo.com )

Thank you for your understanding .

Best regard

Mrs, Alia Hassan

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