419 scam: "Mrs Z Heyet" <hayetzaara@yahoo.com> PLS I NEED YOUR HELP!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",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 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.
- hayetzaara@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Z Heyet" <hayetzaara@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:24:58 -0000 (Europe/Berlin)
Subject: PLS I NEED YOUR HELP!

I sent you this email about two weeks ago and i got no response, so i am
constrained to contact you again via the internet which has been ,
severely abused by scam over the years. I am an oil-servicing equipment
merchant, from Tunisia diagnosed with chronic Esophageal ,cancer in July
2000. My name is Mrs Zaara Heyet ,Please do not think of this letter as
one of those being sent around to ask for money,

However In the past one year i have been donating my money, to charity
organizations in Malaysia, and India. Now that my health has deteriorated
so badly, i cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked two members of my
family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money to charity
organizations in Indonesia and Southern Sudan, but they kept the money to
themselves. So, if family can do that, why not trust a total stranger.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is
the huge cash deposit of Five million dollars $5,000,000.00USD that I have
with a finance Bank in europe. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit amount above and dispatche it to charity organizations.I have set
aside 25% for you and for your time.

Please reply me with honesty as soon as you receive this
email:hayetzaara@yahoo.com God be with you.

Mrs .Zaara Heyet

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