419 scam: "Mrs Tasneem Eddin Al Rawi"<tas@iraq.com> Re:Work With Me Please

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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.
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.
- tasrawi@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Tasneem Eddin Al Rawi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tasrawi@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:08:59 +0200
Subject: Re:Work With Me Please

Attn: Sir/madam

Please help us

I am Mrs Tasneem Eddin Al Rawi woman based in Baghdad in Iraq,
I got your contact through somebody working in our chamber of commerce, and
I would like to contact you for a little assistance. Due to the situation here in Iraq,
those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here,
no stable government, bomb explosion at strategic places every now and then,
sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses for fear of being victim of
terrorist attack, above all, the crisis in Iraq now has now totally crippled business activities for quite
sometime. There’s no good telephone facilities, no adequate security ,almost all the basic infrastructure
were destroyed during the recent war in Iraq, ever since then, the environment in Iraq has never been
conducive business wise.

Please i need your assistance to move my late husband’s assets and
invest somewhere else before I loose everything, you know as an Arab woman I have very little right
that's why I am calling on you.

If you can honestly collaborate with me, please let me know,
then I will give you further proof and explanation.

I wait patiently
Thank you.
Mrs Tasneem Eddin Al Rawi
Email;tasrawi@aol.com

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