The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     Mrs Astu M Hassa <mrsastu2004@ymail.com> Reply-to:     mrs_astu@rediffmail.com Subject:     Please assist me and my son Date:     Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:30:33 -0800 (PST) (12:30 EST) Dearest Friend,   Based on the information I gathered about you from a very reliable source, I am happy to send this message to you. I hope you will consider and give it urgent and favourable reply.   My name is Mrs Astu 36 years,a citizen of Sierra - Leone , wife of late Dr.abdoulaye Hasan, who before his death was the person managing the Sierra - Leone gold and diamond corporation( SGDC ) .   I hope you are aware of the war which has ravaged my country for the past years now . It was in one of this attacks by the rebels that led to the death of my husband and three of my children , now I am left with only my last son who is just 7years only.   I was terrified of the situation and because of this I escaped with my son from Sierra - Leone to Africa refugee camp located in Lagos-Nigeria. but brought along the sum of u.s$12.3 million , in a metallic box and presently in a security company as family valuables in Europe.   My aim of contacting you is to seek for your able assistance as a front in transferring this fund abroad into an account,Please the detials of the security company will be forwarded to you with every other documents for your direct communication once i heared from you. then as our business developer, you can help us to invest wisely in areas you deem lucrative and finally obtain a residential permit for us to stay comfortable in your country of abode .   Presently we cannot go back to Sierra- Leone because of the situation there and you know that Nigeria where we are now is politically unstable; we therefore wish you could help us get out of here before it become worse.   We are prepared to offer you 10% of the total funds for your able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the funds as soon as we favourably hear from you.   Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons.for us to get the documents that will give you every legal backing to clear and invest this fund, I Need Your Informetion's   HOME ADDRESS N;0............................................. TELEPHONE NUMBER.......................................... AGE AND PROFESSION.......................................... YOUR FULL NAME..............................................   Thanking, you in anticipation and God bless. Mrs Astu mohanmed Hassan   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine.

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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