419 scam: lessy jeffrey <lessy_jeffreygirl@yahoo.com> I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REGARD,fer Of $18.5 Million Dollars.

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

Fraud email example:

From: lessy jeffrey <lessy_jeffreygirl@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:07:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REGARD,

FRIEND,

Hello friend how you doing today, hope all is well with you, my name is les Jeffrey Stuart, 30 years old married lady with 3kids, am from California USA I work in union bank of America as accountant, my good friend I must say I haven’t meet you before but I know the God who direct me to you know that you are the best I want for now because I have been praying for this over three week finally I direct by God to contact you, hope you don’t mind I have been trying to open a business center in central London since last month but due to my work here I haven’t give any chance to make that real but right now I have secure a place to set up the business but since I have not allow in my office to put my mind on that that’s why I have been asking God to direct me to somebody who will be fear of God that I will express my felines to, finally I was direct by God to meet you because you are capable of handling of my wish, but I don’t want to go much, I will like to hear from you
before I can give you the details of what I want you to do you don’t have to be afraid of this because is 100% sure and you have no money to spend on it all I need is your honest and fear of God, also you can get back to me in my privet email address, lessy_jeffreygirl@yahoo.com hoping to have your message soon as possible take care and God bless.

LES,

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