419 scam: Sarah Abu A <sarahab@bluebottle.com> From Sarah,

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Sarah Abu A <sarahab@bluebottle.com>
Reply-To: sarahabua@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 11:48:39 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Sarah,

>From Sarah,

I am in contact with you to make the search for assistance on their
side. Send an email to me with the following information:

I have the intention to introduce myself as Miss Sarah Abu , the
first and only daughter of the late President and Mr.Abu Ali,
the Democratic Republic of Congo who died on April 15, 2008. Before
the death of my father, we trust (USD $ 7.5million,) Savena million
five hundred thousand dollars to keep them safe in one of the safe
places in Ivory Coast for good investment with my mother. because he
is one of the top government officials pls this is secret.
Unfortunately, they are now giving that does not want the money to
maintain it without
no investment purpose.
So I'm in touch with you with full confidence that you can help me
because I out.off want to invest the money in your country and I want
you to help another good experience to achieve my dream and get the
fund transferred.
What I need now is your help and as trust and sincerity of purpose of
claiming the money from the safe. here at home.

If you need help with this transaction, I will give you 15% of the
total funds and 10% extra for any costs that they occur in the
transaction. Please indicate your strong interest in responding to
this mail and send me your phone number as soon as possible so that I
Beath this time. It is accepted to give me a good support on behalf of
my request.

Please kindly get this e-mail address below if you are
Interested in doing this business with me
I will wait as soon as possible for your urgent response.
Best Regards.
Miss.Sarah Abu

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