419 scam: Mrs Jarê Bala Kurdemîr <mrsjb_kurdemir@indiatimes.com> PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !!!

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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 american 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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- kurdemirfamily_rep@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Jarê Bala Kurdemîr <mrsjb_kurdemir@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: kurdemirfamily_rep@indiatimes.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:44:35 +0800 (KRAST)
Subject: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY !!!

Zakho - Iraq.
Dear Sir,

I humbly seek your co-operation to assist me, Mrs Jarê Bala Kurdemîr, a
widow in search of secured future for herself and her only surviving 3years old
daughter.

My husband (Azad Bala Kurdemîr) and our four children (Dara, Fadil,
Meywan and Sitî ) were killed in the war in Baghdad - Iraq. Before his
death he told me, the wife that he had deposited the total sum of sixteen
million American dollars to an undisclosed bank outside Iraq.

Now I intend to relocate the funds to America or Europe for investment towards the betterment of myself and
my daughter.

On behalf of the family, I seek your assistance to relocate the funds
to America or Europe for investment without the inference of any
Government agent or any third party.

On your ability to investment, start-up a new life and business for myself , please contact me immediately through my personal
email:kurdemirfamily_rep@indiatimes.com, attaching your
direct contact telephone number and any of your photo identification.

Then I can review details on how we intend to transported/deliver the
funds to you.

Thank you.
Mrs Jare.

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