419 scam: "Mrs.Sheikh Jabr"<info@lee.com> Your Confirmation Is Needed

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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.
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.sheikhjabr@yahoo.dk (Yahoo, Denmark; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sheikh Jabr" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.sheikhjabr@yahoo.dk>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:52:14 +0300
Subject: Your Confirmation Is Needed

Hello,

I know it will be a surprise to you that someone you do not know is contacting you to carry on a project on her behalf. I am Mrs. Sheikh Jabr from Qatar and my late husband is Prince Jassim Sheikh who died 3 years ago without any child.

I am 65 years old and I was admitted in the hospital because of my health issue, cancer and fibroid has been eating me up for over 7 years. my doctor has informed me that i will go through surgery in few days time that i may or might not survive it.

I chose to contact you through email because of my present condition. I got your email address on a list of email database and other email addresses was there without names or home addresses including yours.

I picked your email address because i want to deal with someone i do not know in person. So, decided to contact you without knowing you and your name but i trully believe it was God direction.

I have $3.5 Million in my account with Royal bank of Scotland London which i have not mentioned to anyone even my husband people do not know about these funds.

My late husband deposited these funds in my account and I have wished to donate these funds to the needy since i do not have any child.

I need an honest person who can receive these funds from Royal bank of Scotland and donate %70 of the funds to orphanage homes while he take %30 for the good work.

If you will accept to do this, please kindly give me your full name, address and telephone number because i have informed Royal bank already that i will provide contact of the person whom they will transfer these funds to his or her account.

Please, kindly reply me as soon as possible if you can do this project because i do not have much time.

Please kindly reply me through this email address:mrs.sheikhjabr@yahoo.dk

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Sheikh Jabr.

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