419 scam: "Rugaya Al-Fayadh"<alfayadh.rugaya@yahoo.com> DEPOSITED FUND

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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:
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
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.
- alfayadh.rugayai@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rugaya Al-Fayadh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfayadh.rugayai@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:00:18 +0100
Subject: DEPOSITED FUND

Hello,

I am Mrs Rugaya Al-Fayadh, wife of Late Sheikh Dhari Ali Al-Fayadh (Prominent Iraq's House of Assembly Member) who was killed alongside three of his bodyguards and my only 20yrs old son in a suicide bomb attack in Northern Baghdad.

View the Website below for detail Story of how I lost my influential husband.

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/

My Late husband deposited some fund with a security company before he died which he declared as family valuable with the security company.

All I need from you is to receive the money in your country and invest same in any of the following fields.

I'm considering investments in the following area of Real Estate Development, Tourism, Healthcare, Pharmaceutical factories, Educational Centres and stocks.

You are free to suggest other possible areas of interest.

You will be directly responsible for the management of the investments.

First, I need your expression of interest in these proposal to enable us proceed and advise you on what to do next.

Do furnish me with your full names, address and your mobile number for easy communication ONLY through my private email on alfayadh.rugayai@yahoo.com to enable me forward it to my attorney who will deal with you directly as I am presently taking shelter at the army barracks due to the insurgence here in Baghdad as no one knows who would be the next victim of theses bomb attacks.

Yours Sincerely,

Rugaya Al-Fayadh

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