419 scam: "Mrs. Grace Sulak" <habiza49@gmail.com> FROM: MRS. GRACE SULAK.

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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:
- ",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 "dying widow" 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.
- sulakmrsgrace@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Grace Sulak" <habiza49@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sulakmrsgrace@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 18:05:58 +0200
Subject: FROM: MRS. GRACE SULAK.

My Dear,

Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail, I do sincerely
apologize for my intrusion into your privacy. However, I have a
serious concern with which I believe you might be of help and for this
reason I decided to e-mail believing in my faith that you will handle
this issue with sincere mind. I am Mrs. Grace Sulak, Australian
citizen by birth and I am married to late Engr. M.N Sulak of blessed
memory who was an Oil Explorer in Kuwait & Russia for twelve years
before he died on 24th of April 2006 after a brief illness that lasted
for only four Days. Please I am contacting you to let you know my
desire to establish a charity foundation/ care through you with some
amount of Dollars (USD$22,000,000.00) which I inherited from my late
husband ( Engr. M.N Sulak ).

It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any charity
organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year
among the charity organizations, motherless babies home, mosques,
churches, Schools, supporting destitute, aged men and women or
whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less
fortunate. I took this decision because I donâ€™t have any child that
will inherit this money and my husbands relatives are into radical
organization as unbelievers which I donâ€™t want a situation where this
money will be used in an unholy manner, hence the reasons for this
bold decision. Please pray for me to recover as your prayers will go a
long way in uplifting my spirit.

I donâ€™t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health condition which has seriously affected my speech and also
because of the presence of my husbandâ€™s relatives around me always. I
donâ€™t want them to know about this development. Secondly, I took this
decision because I was raised from a motherless baby's home and
presently, I am hospitalized where I am undergoing treatment for my up
coming breast cancer surgery operation. Please reply as soon as
possible to confirm your acceptance to this proposition so that I will
give you all the relevant information that will authorize the release
and transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and I look forward hearing
from you urgently.
You can also reach me alternatively through: sulakmrsgrace@gmail.com

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Grace Sulak.

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