419 scam: "Sister From Syria"<safiamona17@gmail.com> MESSAGE FROM SYRIA

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "safiamona17@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sister From Syria" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <safiamona17@live.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 16:40:00 -0000
Subject: MESSAGE FROM SYRIA

Assalamualaikum My Dear Friend I pray my message meet you and your family in good heath as you join me to pray of the peace and instability of the Syrian people,

Dear Friend,I hope my message meet you in peace i am not sending you this message to border you or send to you as a scam i am not one of those internet fraudster i am an Islamic woman a single mother of two children i am from Syria i am checking for a honest and good heated person to partner with me and help me secure my family belongings because we are about to move out of Syria to a safer place and invest there i have a good proposal to shear with you i am looking for good investor to partner with me because i want to build up my investment out side Syria because Syria is not a safe place any more.i want you to know my contacting you is for good and you will benefit from this if you are inserted to partner with me in good faith contact me with the following information's and i will give you details about the subject,

(1)your full name

(2)a mobile number i can use to call you,

i will call you to discus more about this issue with you on phone send you reply to my private email address( safiamona17@live.com )

thank you,

Pleas you can send your reply in Arabic if you are from the arab countrys i send this message in English because i dot know who this message will be deliver to but i know my message will go to the right person who Almighty Allah have send to help us out in this issue,

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