419 scam: Ideal Abdan <idealabdan@outlook.com> From Mariam Shehata,

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

Fraud email example:

From: Ideal Abdan <idealabdan@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <ssba@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2014 09:30:04 +0100
Subject: From Mariam Shehata,

>From Mariam Shehata,

My name is Marriam Shehata 18 years of age the only daughter of late oil dealer Alhaji Mohamad Shehata from Iraq.My late father was killed by a suicide bomber on the on his way to Bagdad. Since the invasion of my beloved country Iraq by the Americans things has completely falling apart.

I am contacting you in respect of the total sum of $15,000,000.00(Fifteen Million Dollars) which my late father deposited on the custody of a financial institution. He deposited this money during one of his visit there.

Before his untimely death, he handed over to me the certificate of deposit and the agreement he made with the bank on the day of deposite.Before of the war in my country I cannot go out from Iraq. I am contacting you to help me in contacting the bank for the release and delivery of the money in your country for investment.

For the proper security of the box my late father deposited the money as for future life. For your assistance in this I have decided to give you the 30% of the total amount and apart from this you are going to be incharge of any investment we shall go into.Because of the war in my
country,the only means of communication now is through email.I am seriously praying and waiting to get a positive and sincere response from you.

Thanks and May ALLAH be with you.
Yours Sincerely,

Marriam Shehata.

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