419 scam: "jessica keita" <jessica00005@gmail.com> Hello dear one,

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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.
- jessica_4life208@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "jessica keita" <jessica00005@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:27:04 +0200
Subject: Hello dear one,

Hello dear,
My name is jessica, i am a beautiful and romantic young girl from africa, i
saw your profile today at www.spamtest.ru and loved it, i believe we can
click together and make something good out of it, you can contact me
directly through my private email adress
thus;(jessica_4life208@yahoo.com) this will enable me to send you my
pictures and tell you more about me.
i will be waiting to hear from you soonest.
jessica.contact my email(jessica_4life208@yahoo.com)

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam