419 scam: "DR.AH ABDEL-AL"<abdel1970@live.com> Re: Your Permission is needed Pls.

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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:

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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",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)
- "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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "DR.AH ABDEL-AL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdel1971@live.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:56:01 -0800
Subject: Re: Your Permission is needed Pls.

Good Day,

First, I will like to introduce myself to you. My name is Dr. AH Abdel-Al; I am a medical consultant with Alpha Hospitals.
You can check our website at; www.alphahospitals.co.uk We have a patient here by name Mrs. Zurina Rafat from Iraq
who is suffering from Pickwick Syndrome. She is 53years old. She was the accountant General in Iraq. This sickness
has no known cure especially when it has affected the heart. Presently, this woman is dying from this sickness and has
requested that her family wealth be used for charity work in Middle-East And Asia. Mrs. Zurina Rafat personally confided
in me two days ago that her late husband deposited the sum of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$15,500,000.00) in a Property Security Establishment in a country located in Asia. She confided in me that
he deposited this money without the knowledge of their family. And it was deposited as a consignment of trunk box containing
personal effects such as jewelries worth millions of dollars.

Presently, she has pleaded with me to source for a trust worthy individual who can handle this charity program on her behalf
since she no longer have hope of living anymore. She said since none of her immediate family members are alive to inherit
this fund, she has decided to use it for charity work. And she also made me to promise her that I will never contact any relative
of mine to handle this issue either.

So, I am soliciting for your concern here. Mrs. Zurina Rafat has promised to give 25% to whomever I contact for this
project. Then the other funds she said should be use for building a charity home and named after her which is she
gave as ZURINA CHARITY HOME FOR THE NEEDY. But I want you to know that the percentage of 25% given to
you will be shared by both of us .If you are keen in helping this generous woman achieve her vision of contributing
to the needs of the less privileged before she departs this world, please do provide me with your contact details so
that I can relate to her on this development for further action..

Hope to read from you soon.
Regards,
Dr. AH Abdel-Al

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