419 scam: "Mariam Abdul"<mariamabdul002@gmail.com> Greetings to you my dear friend,

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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)
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.
- mariamabdul523@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mariam Abdul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mariamabdul141@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 10:21:30 +0200
Subject: Greetings to you my dear friend,

Greetings to you my dear friend,

My name is Mariam Abdul, i am writing this message to you with tears in my eyes. The on-going civil war in my country Syria has affected my life so much. I lost my family last year. My father was a rich business man before his death, he was doing oil & gas business, he was also doing gold business. He made a big money $25.3 Million US Dollar, the money is deposited with First Gulf Bank in Dubai, UAE, i am the next of kin but i can not retrieve or return the money back to Syria because of the war and killing in Syria now.

Please I need you to assist me receive the money and we can agree for you to invest it, until I recover from my sickness and come over to meet with you.

I want to appoint you as my late father business partner and the First Gulf Bank in Dubai will transfer the money to you. I will send to you all the documents and information for deposit of the money.

Please let me know if you can do this for me, this is my real story, please I need your help.

you can contact me by my email ( mariamabdul523@gmail.com )

Kind Regards,

Mariam Abdul

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