419 scam: "Alesia Tolevna" <alesianet2009@aol.com> Good Evening (Urgent Attention)

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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:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Alesia Tolevna" <alesianet2009@aol.com>
Reply-To: alesianet@cantv.net
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:13:49 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Good Evening (Urgent Attention)

Good Evening,

I am sending you this message to explain my problems to you to know if
you
can render a helping hand. My name is MRS.ALESIA Tolevna from RUSSIA.
I am the wife of MR.Tolevna KALINA. I lost my husband and the only
daughter
in the last Tsunami disaster that hit Thailand. Before the death of my
husband, he deals on cocoa and coffee business.

Presently, I am having a big problem with my late husband's brothers
because of the wealth and the landed properties he left behind. They
forced me to release all his bank deposit informations and all the
documents about his landed properties. They did not stop there; they are
monitoring my movements till today to the extent that I can not go out
freely nor answer or make telephone calls.They can only give me food and
shelter and nothing else.

I can only have access to the internet at times when I am left withthe
little ones and our house security guard. It is because of this problem
that I decided to contact you to help me from this ugly situation.
Because
of my relationship with my husband, he told me before his death, about
another money he has in LONDON.

The money was in a box deposited with an Security Company in LONDON and
the amount is US$4.5 million. He made me to understand that the money was
deposited as a family valuable for security reasons, in this case the
officials of the London security outfit does not know that the real
content of the box is money. The brothers of my late husband are not
aware
of this deposit and they will never know about it.

I am therefore seeking for your assistance to help me secure the
consignment from London to your country for safety and investment. You
can
even go to London so that you can see things for your self. Once I got
your response to help me, I will get back to you with the details on how
we should proceed.
I shall be waiting for your swift response.

Sincerely yours,
MRS.Alesia Tolevna.

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