419 scam: Zawah Tawil Arafat <mural@petqueroquero.com.br> Urgent Business Request

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",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.
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.
- suhatarafatzahwa@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Zawah Tawil Arafat <mural@petqueroquero.com.br>
Reply-To: "suhatarafatzahwa@aol.com" <suhatarafatzahwa@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 07:46:12 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Urgent Business Request

Dear Sir/Madam

Please permit me your indulgence using this medium to contact you. My name is Miss. Zawah Tawil the daughter of the former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasser Arafat. Me and my mother are seeking for a foreign fund and business manager to stand and manage our reserved funds value ($150,000,000:00 USD) in long-term business venture especially in public and private business (including real estate, energy, oil and gas, emerging markets, and high-technology).

We are seeking for a foreign assistant as the government has seized everything my late father has left for us. The same present leader in Palestine has deprived my mother of her right, having prevented us from travelling out of the country. You can visit this site to see all false allegations placed against my family: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3479937.stm

As a result of this, my mother needs somebody outside Palestine to be our fund and business manager, we are willing to negotiate investment manager percentage with whosoever that will be capable to receive the fund for the investment.

We are willing to negotiate management sharing percentage after your acceptance. And all legal requirements that will perfect the legality and movement of the fund shall or will be duly obtained by my attorney in the appropriate due course. As I expect to hear from you urgently as this is a high priority investment placement and kindly send your information to enhance communication via email: (suhatarafatzahwa@aol.com)

I will greatly appreciate if you could expedite your respond.

Yours Sincerely,

Zawah Tawil Arafat
Email: suhatarafatzahwa@aol.com

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