419 scam: "Ms Mary Al Badawi"<info@mynet.com> PLEASE I AM IN NEED OF URGENT ASSISTANCE:

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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:
- "prepared to give you 30% " (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)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Mary Al Badawi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mary_102@mynet.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:17:35 -0700
Subject: PLEASE I AM IN NEED OF URGENT ASSISTANCE:

Attn Mr/Mrs,

My name is Ms Mary Al- Badawi,i am a 24years old girl from Syria. I am the only child of Farouk Hussein Al-Badawi, the former director of Badawi shipping company in Aleppo. My father made a fixed deposit amount of 5 Million GBPS with a finance bank/security firm in the United Kingdom before his untimely death.

My father along with many others officials were targeted by the Assad regime army because of his position. He was eventually captured and murdered along with my stepmother in cold blood during a mid-night shoot out when our residence in Aleppo was arm bushed by the Assad forces here in Syria. I, along with few other people managed to flee to safety from the city of Aleppo 2Months ago after the slaughter and the brutal killing of my parents.

I am presently writing from the Eilis refugee’s camp on the Turkish border, run by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Organization, a humanitarian organization working with the Red Cross society. Included in my personal possession are documents revealing that the amount of 5 Million GBP are deposited under my name at a security finance vault company in United Kingdom. I have detailed documents and legal contacts indicating that I am the sole owner/inheritance of this fund. I have limited access to the internet, but I persuaded one of the humanitarian officials to allow me use their remote computers to seek for further help, given our situation here in the camp.

I am therefore desperately requesting for a genuine assistance for you to help me in the release and transfer of my inheritance to your present location via Courier Services, so that I can seek for a way to leave this place and continue my life. I am prepared to give you 30% of the funds and 70% shall be for me.

Kindly let me know if you have clear and genuine intentions to assist me. Provide me your full names, your present location/country, age, contact numbers/occupation and I shall provide you further details and the proofs concerning the funds and how you can help me receive.

Your response will determine if and how much I can trust you on this confidential request. Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours truly,

Ms Mary Al Badawi.

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