419 scam: "Mrs. Muslimah Nasif" <nasif@info.org> ASSISTANCES NEEDED

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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.
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:
- "dear beloved," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
- "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- muslimahnasif@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Muslimah Nasif" <nasif@info.org>
Reply-To: muslimahnasif@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:48:47 -0000
Subject: ASSISTANCES NEEDED

My Dearest,

Greetings to you my dear beloved, I am writing you this e-mail not to
disturb you but to ask for your assistant based on my

personality and my present condition in life and in particular what I
intend doing for CHARITY.

I am Mrs. Muslimah Nasif a great citizen of United Arab Emirates Dubai. I
bring to you a proposal which I want you to assist me

with. I am worth $ 22.5 billion Dollars which rated me as the 2nd Richest
Woman in the Dubai. But as the saying goes, money

is not everything. It is painful now to let you know that I have been
suffering from a Heart disease for the past 22 years

and just few weeks ago my Doctor told me that I won't survive the illness.
And my Will being with my Lawyer of which my

family is aware about, but nobody is aware of my 40% Bank Worth which is
$9,000,000,000 (Nine Billion United State Dollars).

I intend to use the $ 9,000,000,000.00 for CHARITY. It will surprise you
to know that I have not seen anybody from my family

since my condition became critical as they should probably be of help in
this issue. Because I always had this DREAM for

CHARITY and I have always promised myself that I will do this very big to
CHARITY I decided to vie through the internet for a

trustworthy person that would be of help. Can I please trust you to help
me give this amount of money to CHARITY because like

my doctor has informed of recent, I have just 3 Months left to live and
probably die. As I write to you now, my eyes are

filled with tears as I await my death.

Please reply me back with your below details to enable us proceed further
and please do keep this confidential.

NAME.............................
AGE.................
ADDRESSES...................
MOBILE:........................
COUNTRY:...................
OCCUPATION...................

My contact mail : muslimahnasif@yahoo.com

God Bless You.
Mrs. Muslimah Nasif

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