419 scam: "Mrs. Grace Sulak" <stevhowards@gmail.com> RE: Thank you very much for your email.

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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:
- ",000,000" (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 "dying widow" scam.
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.
- gracesulak@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Grace Sulak" <stevhowards@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gracesulak03@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:08:41 +0000
Subject: RE: Thank you very much for your email.

My Dear,

Compliments of the day to you! By this e-mail, I do sincerely apologize for
my intrusion into your privacy. However, I have a serious concern with
which I believe you might be of help and for this reason I decided to
e-mail believing in my faith that you will handle this issue with sincere
mind.

I am Mrs. Grace Sulak, Australian citizen by birth and I am married to late
Engr. M.N Saluk of blessed memory who was an Oil Explorer in Kuwait &
Russia for twelve years before he died on 24th of April 2006 after a brief
illness that lasted for only four Days. Please I am contacting you to let
you know my desire to establish a charity foundation/ care through you with
some amount of Dollars ( $ 22,000,000.00 ) which I inherited from my late
husband ( Engr. M.N Saluk ). It is my desire to see that this money is
invested to any charity organization of your choice in your country and
distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless babies
home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute, aged men and women
or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less
fortunate.

I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this
money and my husbands relatives are into radical organization as
unbelievers which I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in
an unholy manner, hence the reasons for this bold decision. Please pray for
me to recover as your prayers will go a long way in uplifting my spirit.

I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
health condition which has seriously affected my speech and also because of
the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them
to know about this development.

Secondly, I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless
baby's home and presently, I am hospitalized where I am undergoing
treatment for my up coming breast cancer surgery operation. Please reply as
soon as possible to confirm your acceptance to this proposition so that I
will give you all the relevant information that will authorize the release
and transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.

Thank you in advance for your understanding and I look forward hearing from
you urgently. You can also reach me alternatively through
gracesulak@gmail.com

Warm Regards,
Mrs. Grace Sulak

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