419 scam: "Miss.Lorna Mclelland" <miss.lornamclelland01@airsoftmail.com> HELLO DEAR

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss.Lorna Mclelland" <miss.lornamclelland01@airsoftmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.lornamclelland@airsoftmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:42:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: HELLO DEAR

Hello,

My name is Miss lorna mclelland,adopted daughter of Late Dr.Allen
Mclelland a British citizen;we resides in the Republic Of Ghana before his
untimely death from lung cancer.He was a Gold and Diamond merchants which
he normally exports to the united states of America and U.A.E. Please I
need your assistance to secure my inheritance which I inherited from him
,the sum of $ 8,200,000.00 (eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) and 50kg of gold dust which he willed to me before his
death as his adopted daughter.

What I need from you is to provide account where to transfer this fund and
the gold dust to invest it for me in your country while I conclude my
education when I join you because the wife of Late.Mr.Allen is not happy
about my inheritance from the family due to religion differences and the
fact that she has no child of her own makes these situation very
dangerouse for me; therefore I need to transfer it out of here as fast as
possible.

I will send you the documents when I hear from you and also I will offer
you 10% of the total money for providing account and assistance and 30% of
any profit made out of the money when invested in your country. We will
discuss more when I hear from you.Let this be as a top secret between me
and you for security reasons and for my future.

Regards,

Miss lorna Mclelland

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