419 scam: Mrs Kattri Doso <office49-----1@att.net> From Mrs Doso

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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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Kattri Doso <office49-----1@att.net>
Reply-To: kattridoso@sify.com
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 05:02:04 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs Doso

Dear

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise, l work with the Bank of England as the audit personel, while checking and balancing, l found out that there is a fund floating since 2009 which belongs to one Mr Mark James and l have made frantic effort to get across to the beneficiary to no avail.

l will love to use you as the next of kin to Mr Mark and the money will be transfered into your account and am ready to give you 40% of the sum. l only want to use your account to receive the money, as a matter of fact, there is no risk involved in this deal as l will provide all the necessary paper work to back up the claim.

The amount in question is GBP 7MILLION, please if you are ready to help me do get back to me ASAP and if you can not, please do keep it as a secret and if you have any question to be cleared, do not hesitate to ask me as l will be willing to hear from you urgently.

Regards

Mrs Doso

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