419 scam: Mrs.Maria.Omar.Shatwan.Shatwan888@gmail.com Confidential

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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:
- "million united states 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Maria.Omar.Shatwan.Shatwan888@gmail.com
Reply-To: "MEPS Zambia Limited Tel 231539" <mariaomarshatwan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 21:01:33 +0000 ( )
Subject: Confidential

Mrs. Maria Omar Shatwan
Flat 401 Duncan Boulevard
42 Church Street
Turffontein
Johannesburg 2001
South Africa
Good day,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally; I am Mrs. Maria Omar
Shatwan, the wife of Late Dr. Omar Fathi Bin Shatwan who was murdered in the Rebel dispute during Lt Col.
Muammar Gadaffi dictatorship. I got your contact through world network online; hence I decided to write to you.
Before the death of my husband, he had taken my son Mr. Hassan Mohammed Shatwan to the Republic of South
Africa to deposit the sum of US$36,000,000,00 (Thirty Six Million United States Dollars) in one of the private
security / finance company as if he foresaw the looming danger in Libya. This money was deposited in a safe box
as a family property.
This money was meant for the purchase of advance ammunition and sophisticated weapons to fight the veteran
rebels and militants in Libya. This crisis came when Libyan President Lt. Col. Muammar Gadaffi introduced War
Act Reform which wholly affected all the Libyans citizens and foreigners, and this resulted to the killing and mob
action by Libyan war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people were killed because of this
Lt. Col. Muammar Gadaffi regime dictatorship which my husband was one of the victims who died.

get back to me for more information regarding this.

Best Regards,

Mrs. Maria Omar Shatwan

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