419 scam: Jelveh Shokuhi <joshua.douglas25@yahoo.com> From Syria, please help me

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "please indicate your readiness" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- fijeh3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Jelveh Shokuhi <joshua.douglas25@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Jelveh Shokuhi <jo.do195@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 23:37:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Syria, please help me

Â My Dear Friend,

I am Jelveh Shokuhi (23 yrs old girl of Iranian origin) living in Homs, Syria. I lost my parents, two brothers, and relations with our family assets/house during the recent war in Syria. I was just lucky to be alive. The civil war in Syria is growing more apparent as the conflict steadily intensifies between the Alawite-dominated regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the mainly Sunni rebel Free Syrian Army. At the start of the rebellion before this tragedy, my late father who was a businessman who dealt on GOLD & DIAMONDS and made good savings from his business, withdrew all his money from the bank and packaged it in a box labeled as GOLD & DIAMOND but concealed in it is the sum of USD12 million in cash. The box was safely moved out of Syria with the help of a Diplomat, for safety of the funds due to the rebellion against the government as he was an anti-Bashar al-Assad and supported the protesters. He did not want Bashar al- Assad barbaric government to seize his funds at the bank.

I seek your urgent cooperation to take delivery and keep safe the box/funds and assist me relocate to your country as I am presently stranded here and have no access to it. Presently I have receive email from the diplomat confirming he has safely moved the box away and deposited it safely at a diplomatic courier warehouse abroad. I am writing you to assist me receive this box in your country, and keep safely for me until I am able to relocate from here. You have my permission/authority to collect 20% of the funds on receiving it, for your timely assistance. Please indicate your readiness to assist me immediately so that all the information about this box will be passed to you immediately. Send to me immediately the following information; 1. Your names, contact address, and telephone numbers. 2. Date of birth, occupation, sex, marital status and identification copy for documentation purposes. As soon as I receive your reply mail I shall forward your information to the diplomatic courier company abroad to contact you for the delivery of the box to you as my proxy. I shall send you the Power of Attorney to present to the diplomatic courier company so that they can release the box to you. I wait for your reply with info to my email: fijeh3@yahoo.com

Your friend in need,
Jelveh Shokuhi
(Syria)
email: fijeh3@yahoo.com

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