419 scam: "Mrs. Vivian Salem" <office05-----xzy@att.net> Waiting for your urgent 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:
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- mrs.vivians@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Vivian Salem" <office05-----xzy@att.net>
Reply-To: viviansalem1@ymail.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:48:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Waiting for your urgent response

Greetings,

My name is Mrs. Vivian Salem, wife of late Salem Nasim in Iraq, some years ago, I lost my husband Nasim and three children -Husam, 15 years old, Wasim, 12 years old and Merna, 6 years old, this Happened when a Combatant Military Tank shelled our car as my family attempted to flee heavy fighting in Baghdad, View the Website below for detail Story of how I lost my family.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/04/vivians_story/html/1.stm

before my husband and my Children was killed, he Deposited the sum of $29.5 million (Twenty-nine Million five hundred thousand Dollars) with a Security & Finance company in Europe . I had contacted a Diplomat who was attached to the United Nation Peace keeping forces in Europe and had assured me of assisting me to move the Boxes through Diplomatic Cargo, ONLY if I had a PARTNER to receive it on my behalf.

All I need from you is to receive the Fund as my husband business Associates and Invest the fund into any Lucrative Investment in your country. I will remunerate you with 30 % at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction and will not want you to betray me at the end Please in your reply, include your full name and your Mobile number, Home telephone number and your residential or company address for easy Communication.

All correspondence should be directed to my private Email: viviansalem2@ymail.com OR mrs.vivians@hotmail.com

Thank you,

Mrs. Vivian Salem

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