419 scam: "Ms. Deborah" <mrslynnaa@gmail.com> TO MY DEAREST

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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: "Ms. Deborah" <mrslynnaa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msdeborah490@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 02:29:50 +0100
Subject: TO MY DEAREST

I am Mrs. Deborah Bull , 68yeas of age from England, married to an
America citizen I came across your profile and decided to mail you,
I am a cancer patient . looking for a brother/sister I can trust to
join hands together and use my live saving to help the less privileges
since I
know my days are numbered. I look forward to your reply for further explanation
and i pray to God almighty that ,I Mrs. Deborah Bull, confess that we
will stand on Your word and proclaim Your truth. I declare that Your
word is a lamp to our feet and a light unto our path. You are the
potter and we are the clay. I confess that we will surrender to Your
will. Lord, it is Your will that we live life abundantly. Therefore
by faith, we confess that we will walk by faith and not by sight as we
trust in Your precious promises. I declare that as we bind mercy and
truth around our necks and write them on our hearts; we will have
favor in Your sight and in the sight of man.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs. Deborah Bull

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