419 scam: zena attah <zenalove20@att.net> Greeting my dear, Proposal Alaykum, BANK LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.OPŒë¸"

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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 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.
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.
- zenaattah20@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: zena attah <zenalove20@att.net>
Reply-To: zenaattah20@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:23:08 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greeting my dear,

Greeting my dear,

Complements of
the season to you. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to you. My name is
Miss Zena and my contact address is (zenaattah20@yahoo.com)

I
am a young beautiful girl with full of love and caring also romantic. well I
come in contact with your profile today and I loved it, I think we can click
together as one body and
soul.

Please
I will appreciate if you can use my mail address to contact me directly to my
mailbox and at the same time I will show you my picture and you also know more
about me. Moreover, I want you to know that distance ,race or religion is never
a barrier in the course of love.

Thanks for your love, understanding and
co-operation. Please I hope favorably to get your reply, contact me with this
email address above. I wish you a blissful and a happy moment over
there.

Yours sincerely,

Zena..

(zenaattah20@yahoo.com)

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