419 scam: "Princess Deo" <princessdeojx@live.com> very urgent!!!

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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:
- "stay blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Princess Deo" <princessdeojx@live.com>
Reply-To: <princessdeo1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 10:46:47 -0700
Subject: very urgent!!!

Hello Dear ,

I am Mrs Princess Deo from Accra Ghana .

I am sending this message to you because i want to trust you for what i needed you to do with me.

My late husband husband works in a gold mine before he died of diabetes in the year 2004, and for the past 6years i have

been training my children in the school all alone,right now i need money to survive here with my kids and also to make sure

they finish their education.

There are two big bags of raw gold bars that worth thousands of kilos here in my house that was kept by my late husband

before he died.

Right now no one is aware of this except my children and me.please i would like to trust you and send these two bags of gold

to you so that you can help me sale it and send to me 60% of the total out come and keep 40% for your self.i do not sale

these two bags of gold to make profit because i don't know the actual price for one kilo of gold right now, i never deal

on that, it was my husband that was working in the gold mine, i just needed the money for me and my children to survive.

Please if you are interested on this then reply me with your full name,address and contact details as soon as possible for

shipping of the gold to you, you can as well call me or my son Justice on this number +2335043907130 for more clarification

on my intention to send this gold to you.

Thanks as you reply me urgently stay blessed

My best regard

Mrs Princess Deo & Family

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