419 scam: "MRS.JUMAH ALSAUDIA"<jumah00543@mynet.com> RE:SALAAM AM STILL WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- jumah001@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.JUMAH ALSAUDIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsjumah@googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:33:18 +0100
Subject: RE:SALAAM AM STILL WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE

MY NAME IS MRS.JUMAH ALSAUDIA,I AM A MUSLIM BY RELIGION, PLEASE PARDON THE WAY I HAVE CONTACT YOU UNKNOWN/OR EMAIL, BUT AM SO SICK ,82YRS OLD AND WEARY AND CAN NOT GO OUT TO THE STREET TO FIND SOMEBODY BUT I BELIEVE THAT THROUGH YOU OTHERS PEOPLE WILL BENEFIT FROM THE FUND.I INHERITED MY LATE HUSBAND WEALTH $8,500,000 MILLION DOLLAR, I AM SUFFERING FROM OVERSPREAD CANCER PROBLEM, I AM AFRAID TO DIE LEAVING MY LATE HUSBAND WEALTH UNCLAIMED PLEASE DUE TO THAT FACT THAT I LOST MY 28YEARS OLD SON AND MY HUSBAND IN CAR ACCIDENT WHEN THEY BOTH VISIT MY HUSBAND HOME TOWN IN UAE,WHILE I WAS AT THE HOSPITAL IN TURKEY HOSPITAL FOR RADIATION AND CHEMOTHERAPY SURGERY AS RESULT OF OVERSPREAD CANCER TUMOR IN MY BODY.I WANT YOU TO HELP ME WITHDRAW THIS TREASURE AS MY BENEFICIARY, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. ALSAUDIA. jumah001@mynet.com

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