419 scam: "Mrs Arshiya Yunis"<yunisarshiya@yahoo.com> HELLO

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the 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)
- "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)
- "million us 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Arshiya Yunis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yunis_arshiya@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 05:50:49 +0800
Subject: HELLO

Salam ,

My Name is Arshiya Yunis Jabr , i am a citizen of Syria and work in the Inner government office, which is office of the President of Syria, Bashar Al Assad, who turns to be a top blood sucker on earth, killing his own people and committing serious atrocities against humanity.

I am contacting you for one honest , sincere and serious benefit in life, i work directly with the finance and economic chief, as the general supervisor that supervise how funds goes out and comes in, finally sanction was placed on all of us in the government here including transferring and receiving funds, by the international community, some of my colleges have defected to the opposition side, and we that are still with this blood sucking President Basher Al Assad, we are been monitored, through phone and internet communication.

My main reason of contacting you is, to entrust you over un documented fund deposited with a Security Company in Malaysia, the fund was packaged and was sent through the red cross diplomat to be delivered in the Security Company in Malaysia, the amount of this fund packed in a trunk box is in total is : $180million US dollars, this fund was suppose to be used to purchase weapons from Russia, but the sanction hit on the government at the particular time there were planning to purchase weapons both from Russia and China, but all the funds were stocked and could not be recalled back, I managed to scale this through and packed it in a trunk box and ask the red cross to deliver it to the Address of the security company which i gave to them.

All i want you to do, is to reply back to me and i will send you the contact of the security company, and they will be the one to direct you on how to go down to Malaysia claim the consignment fund, please do not disclose this to any one as my life will be in danger.

Please if interested kindly reply back to me, if not interested please kindly inform me as well and delete this message for security purpose.

Thanks.
Arshiya Yunis Jabr

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