419 scam: Miss Van Laban <judietheze2@yahoo.com> How are you

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

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Van Laban <judietheze2@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: miss_vl@rocketmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2010 09:45:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: How are you

Hello Sweet Heart,
How are you??Darling hopefully you re doing fine,and work with your health, Hope all is fine and normal with you, i need relationship with you as future partner i am nice lade regard for relationship as i got you now put your mind on me i wish i am close to you now, hold you kisses your lips, going outing with you over there,
My love do your best and sending me mail i have allot to tell you about my life here if you are really person to me with truthful honest and caring so we will make thing snap for our future to be bright that's why i am here for you I am waiting for your mail to my email in box(Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters allot in life) i mean about your life style and what you are doing presently for a living, i will tell you more about myself as soon as i hear from you again i will give you more of my picture for you to know who i am, please take good care of yourself and be blessed. Waiting for your reply.
Yours in Love,
Miss van laban

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